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Beyond general food craving: sex differences in food-specific craving identified using item response theory [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
BackgroundFood craving plays a significant role in food choice and excess energy intake. While prior research has predominantly examined food craving as a general construct (e.g., craving for foods overall), this approach may obscure important ...
Daiil Jun, Daiil Jun, Sean Joo, Tera L. Fazzino, Tera L. Fazzino   +4 more
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Predicting food craving in everyday life through smartphone-derived sensor and usage data [PDF]

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2023
BackgroundFood craving relates to unhealthy eating behaviors such as overeating or binge eating and is thus a promising target for digital interventions. Yet, craving varies strongly across the day and is more likely in some contexts (external, internal)
Thomas Schneidergruber, Jens Blechert, Jens Blechert, Samuel Arzt, Björn Pannicke, Björn Pannicke, Julia Reichenberger, Julia Reichenberger, Ann-Kathrin Arend, Ann-Kathrin Arend, Simon Ginzinger   +10 more
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Trait food craving predicts functional connectivity between dopaminergic midbrain and the fusiform food area during eating imagery [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
Neurofunctional coupling between the dopaminergic midbrain (i.e., ventral tegmental area, VTA) and higher-order visual regions may contribute to food craving, leading to the onset or maintenance of obesity.
Francantonio Devoto, Marika Mariano, Edoardo Gornetti, Eraldo Paulesu, Eraldo Paulesu, Laura Zapparoli, Laura Zapparoli   +6 more
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Clustering individuals’ temporal patterns of affective states, hunger, and food craving by latent class vector-autoregression [PDF]

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2022
Background Eating plays an important role in mental and physical health and is influenced by affective (e.g., emotions, stress) and appetitive (i.e., food craving, hunger) states, among others.
Björn Pannicke, Jens Blechert, Julia Reichenberger, Tim Kaiser   +3 more
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Association of non-nutritive sweetener consumption with food craving and body image among university students: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) are widely used for weight control and dietary regulation by university students, however, their psychological associations remain unclear.
Anfal Al-Dalaeen, Hebah Hamid, Tasneem Abu Hasan   +2 more
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Modulating food craving-related neural oscillations using tACS: study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled trial [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
IntroductionFood addiction is characterized by heightened craving and impaired inhibitory control, contributing to compulsive eating and obesity. Existing behavioral and pharmacological interventions often fail to achieve lasting effects.
Milos Ljubisavljevic, Milos Ljubisavljevic, Fransina C. King, Fransina C. King, Fatima Yousif Ismail, Yauhen Statsenko, Yauhen Statsenko, Shahid Bashir, Osama Abdullah, Osama Abdullah, Bas Rokers, Bas Rokers   +11 more
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Efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation for controlling of food craving in subjects with overweight or obesity [PDF]

European Psychiatry
Introduction This study investigates the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food craving improvement and changes in brain function associated with craving in overweight and obese subjects.
J. Kim, S. Yang
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The role of premenstrual syndrome in hedonic hunger and food craving during the menstrual cycle [PDF]

Journal of Nutritional Science
Differences in appetite, food intake, eating behaviours, and food preferences can occur throughout the menstrual cycle. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is associated with significant emotional and physiological changes, including altered appetite and food ...
Ebru Candan, Ziya Erokay Metin, M. Merve Tengilimoglu-Metin   +2 more
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Eliciting real cravings with virtual food: Using immersive technologies to explore the effects of food stimuli in virtual reality

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
In this paper, we explore the current technical possibilities of eating in virtual reality (VR) and show how this could be used to influence eating behaviors. Cue-based exposure therapy is a well-known method used to treat eating disorders.
Nikita Mae Harris, Nikita Mae Harris, Robert W. Lindeman, Clara Shui Fern Bah, Daniel Gerhard, Simon Hoermann, Simon Hoermann   +6 more
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Cue-reactors: individual differences in cue-induced craving after food or smoking abstinence. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Pavlovian conditioning plays a critical role in both drug addiction and binge eating. Recent animal research suggests that certain individuals are highly sensitive to conditioned cues, whether they signal food or drugs.
Stephen V Mahler, Harriet de Wit
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