Structured Summary
Abstract
A cluster of chemical dependencies to specific foods or food in general in which there develops a physical craving for these foods.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Food Addictions
- Compulsive Eating
- Eating, Compulsive
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31 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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2018
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- Behavior, Addictive (2000-2017)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Food Addiction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073932. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073932
- Food Addiction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_addiction
- Food Addiction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2742106