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Diet, Craving and Food Addiction

Diet, Craving and Food Addiction (Adult Population)

The CNP Diet, Craving, and Food Addiction Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between dietary intake and the experience of craving. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.

Emotional eating

  • Karim Maghraby, M.B.B.Ch, M.Sc, Director
  • 29 April 2020
  • Reviewed By CNP STAFF
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A narrative review of the construct of hedonic hunger and its measurement by the Power of Food Scale

  • Karim Maghraby, M.B.B.Ch, M.Sc, Director
  • 29 April 2020
  • Reviewed By CNP STAFF

Since the Power of Food Scale (PFS) was developed as a quantitative measure of hedonic hunger (the focus and desire to consume foods for pleasure purposes without physical hunger), this 2018 narrative review analyzes the ability of PFS to assess the term it was designed for. An extra aim was to define hedonic hunger more […]

Separate gut-brain circuits for fat and sugar reinforcement combine to promote overeating.

  • Karim Maghraby, M.B.B.Ch, M.Sc, Director
  • 29 April 2020
  • Reviewed By CNP STAFF

The primary natural reinforcer that influences eating decisions is food. The brain receives internal sensory information about nutritional value from the gut through the vagus nerve; nevertheless, little is known about the cellular and molecular underpinnings of reward circuits unique to particular macronutrients. In this study by McDougle et al. (2024), the authors track calcium […]

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