All cravings are not created equal. Correlates of menstrual versus non-cyclic chocolate craving

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Hormes, Julia M ^a   Timko, C Alix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Craving; Menstrual; Perimenstrual; Premenstrual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CRAVING; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955807406     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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