Are sugars addictive? Perspectives for practitioners

Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 199-215

  Corwin, Rebecca L W ^a   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Bulimia; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Food addiction; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953387533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8077-9_13     Document Type: Chapter

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