Evidence that 'food addiction' is a valid phenotype of obesity

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 711-717

  Davis, Caroline ^a,b   Curtis, Claire ^a   Levitan, Robert D ^b   Carter, Jacqueline C ^c   Kaplan, Allan S ^b   Kennedy, James L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food addiction; Obesity; Validation; Yale Food Addiction Scale

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD ADDICTION; HEDONIC EATING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; OBESITY; YALE FOOD ADDICTION SCALE;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80052835865     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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