Defining and defending 'unhealthy' practices: A discourse analysis of chocolate 'addicts' accounts

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-440

  Benford, Rebecca ^a,b   Gough, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Leeds ^*

Author keywords

Addiction; Chocolate; Discourse; Health; Morality

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CACAO; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL;

ANECDOTES; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CACAO; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE;

EID: 33745202591     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306063316     Document Type: Article

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