Gender-related differences in food craving and obesity

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-173

  Hallama, Jessica ^a   Boswella, Rebecca G ^a   Devito, Elise E ^b   Kober, Hedy ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craving; Gender; Menstrual cycle; Obesity; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALTREXONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADDICTION; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CUE EXPOSURE AND RESPONSE PREVENTION TREATMENT; CUE INDUCED CRAVING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOOD; FOOD CRAVING; FOOD CRAVING INVENTORY; FOOD CRAVING QUESTIONNAIRE TRAIT; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MINDFULNESS BASED THERAPY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SAVORY FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEET FOOD; TONIC CRAVING; TRAIT CRAVING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CRAVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRAVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84976448853     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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