Abstract Submission Guidelines

Abstract Submission Deadline has been extended to Friday, March 21, 2025 at Midnight Pacific Time.

Abstract Submission Fee

75 USD Members*
100 USD Non-members

All first authors must also register for the meeting in order to present their poster or talk.

* Membership dues must be paid as of July 28, 2025 in order to receive the Member Abstract Submission Fee rate. New membership applications must be approved before the abstract deadline in order to receive the membership rate. No refunds will be given for abstracts submitted before membership is approved or renewed. Renew your membership check your membership status or become a new member here: https://www.ssib.org/online/.

Abstract Format

• Word limit abstract body: 1800 characters (including spaces).
• Abstracts will appear in the program exactly as entered (no changes can be made after the submission deadline).
• Abstracts submitted for consideration as an oral presentation are expected to include substantive statements of initial results, interpretation, and relevance to the field of ingestive behavior.
• Abstracts must describe the results of original, unpublished research.
• Abstracts must include the following:
  • Rationale/premise
  • Hypothesis
  • Species
  • Number of subjects
  • Procedures (methods and statistical analyses)
  • Results (can be preliminary)
  • Conclusions/relevance (importance of findings)
• Each unique abstract can only be submitted on behalf of one presenting individual.
• Please complete your submission carefully. All abstracts must be in final form. No typos or other errors can be corrected after the deadline. Abstracts will not be considered or reviewed unless all required fields are completed. Authors may edit abstracts online as long as they meet the submission deadline.

Author Notifications

All correspondence, including notification of abstract acceptance and details for poster and talk presentations, will be sent to the Corresponding Author (submitting author) via email. The corresponding author shall be responsible for informing all contributing authors of any related correspondence.

Additional Guidelines

• All talks and poster presentations must be presented live and in-person.
• Please indicate if you’d like your abstract to be considered for a talk or poster only in the abstract submission form.
• The presenting author has the responsibility of obtaining the consent of all coauthors to be listed on the submitted abstract.
• The data reported in the abstract should represent original research. Abstracts should not be submitted on findings that have been previously presented or published.
• Abstract submission signifies that the reported research complies with animal welfare and human subject regulations.
• Abstract submission signifies permission to post the abstract on the SSIB website.
• Each submitted abstract will be evaluated by the Program Committee for scientific merit and compliance with the guidelines described above. Abstracts that do not conform to the above standards may be rejected.
• Additional SSIB Presentation Guidelines:
  • Avoid using terms and phrasing, such as "the obese" and "bulimics" that suggest homogeneity, and are depersonalizing. Person-first wording (e.g., person with obesity, higher weight individuals, etc.) or more precise wording (e.g., BMI>30) is preferred.
  • Avoid use of gratuitous images of overweight and obese persons. Stigmatizing pictures of obese persons that reinforce negative stereotypes should not be used. Pictures of obese persons that are necessary to support a scientific point may be justified.
  • Avoid using graphics, e.g. obese stick figures, to indicate groups of overweight and obese persons. Verbal labels, e.g., BMI values, are preferred.
  • Avoid presentation of "humorous" cartoons/animations depicting obese people, binge eating, overeating, and other disordered eating. Such depictions undermine the seriousness of these conditions, and can be offensive.