What is the evidence for “food addiction?” A systematic review

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Gordon, Eliza L ^a   Ariel Donges, Aviva H ^a   Bauman, Viviana ^a   Merlo, Lisa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Food addiction; Process addiction; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; DOPAMINE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANHEDONIA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD CRAVING; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE; LIPID DIET; MAPK SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE USE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; COST OF ILLNESS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COST OF ILLNESS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85045391754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10040477     Document Type: Review

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