Is severe obesity a form of addiction?: Rationale, clinical approach, and controlled clinical trial

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-479

  Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bacchetta, Monica ^a   Cesa, Gianluca ^a   Conti, Sara ^a   Castelnuovo, Gianluca ^a,b   Mantovani, Fabrizia ^a,b   Molinari, Enrico ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RIMONABANT; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33751121014     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.457     Document Type: Article

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