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Using standard [\n                  <jats:sup>11<\/jats:sup>\n                  C]raclopride positron emission tomography (PET) displacement methods used to measure brain dopamine responses to addictive drugs, we measured postingestive striatal dopamine responses to an ultra-processed milkshake high in fat and sugar in 50 young, healthy adults over a wide body mass index range (BMI 20-45 kg\/m\n                  <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                  ). Surprisingly, milkshake consumption did not result in significant postingestive dopamine response in the striatum (\n                  <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                  =0.62) nor any striatal subregion (p&gt;0.33) and the highly variable interindividual responses were not significantly related to adiposity (BMI:\n                  <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                  =0.076,\n                  <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                  =0.51; %body fat:\n                  <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                  =0.16,\n                  <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                  =0.28). 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