Back by popular demand: A narrative review on the history of food addiction research

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 295-302

  Meule, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Binge eating; Bulimia; Chocolate; Food addiction; Obesity; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CACAO; EATING DISORDER; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; HISTORY; HYPERPHAGIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYPERPHAGIA; INTERNATIONALITY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84940755371     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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