The myth of comfort food

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1552-1557

  Wagner, Heather Scherschel ^a   Ahlstrom, Britt ^a   Redden, Joseph P ^a   Vickers, Zata ^a   Mann, Traci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort food; Eating; Emotions; Moods

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALMOND; ARTICLE; CACAO; COMFORT FOOD; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICE CREAM; MALE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; AFFECT; EMOTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925715491     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000068     Document Type: Article

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