Food craving and food 'addiction': A critical review of the evidence from a biopsychosocial perspective

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-14

  Rogers, Peter J ^a   Smit, Hendrik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Ambivalence; Appetite; Attribution; Chocolate; Conditioning; Craving; Dieting; Eat ing; Food; Mood; Moreishness

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ATTITUDE; BULIMIA; CACAO; COMPULSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MOOD; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATIETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0034027751     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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