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Before ingestion, available foods with their environmental context are perceived through visual, olfactory, and taste cues that may recall memories from previous encounters.
Berthoud et al. 2021 Int. J. Obes. 45: 2156-2168

Food items found safe and providing positive nutritional signals are selected/preferred over other available foods and ingested.
Berthoud et al. 2021 Int. J. Obes. 45: 2156-2168

Selection and preference of food is modulated by the overall nutritional state monitored by the master metabolic sensor in the basomedial hypothalamus.
Berthoud et al. 2021 Int. J. Obes. 45: 2156-2168

Once accepted and ingested, the chosen [food](brain://NMz_R1EmnU…