When food is more than nutrition: Understanding emotional eating and overconsumption

Journal of Consumer Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-213

  Kemp, Elyria ^a   Bui, My ^b   Grier, Sonya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878172409     PISSN: 14720817     EISSN: 14791838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cb.1413     Document Type: Article

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