The bitter truth: Sensitivity to saccharin's bitterness predicts overactivity in highly arousable female dieters

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-82

  Craig, Melynda L ^a,c   Hollis, Karen L ^a   Dess, Nancy K ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity anorexia; Arousability; Excessive exercise; Female dieters; Saccharin sensitivity

Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRESS; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SACCHARIN; TASTE;

EID: 0037683662     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10175     Document Type: Article

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