Worry or craving? A selective review of evidence for food-related attention biases in obese individuals, eating-disorder patients, restrained eaters and healthy samples

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-114

  Werthmann, Jessica ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a   Roefs, Anne ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Craving; Eating disorder; Obesity; Restrained eating

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CRAVING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY;

APPETITE REGULATION; ATTENTION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CRAVING; CUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECISION MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928929564     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665114001451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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