Food cravings

• Main Author: Adrian Meule (auth)
• Other Authors: Boris C. Rodriguez-Martin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Bulimia; craving; Obesity; Body Weight; Binge eating; food addiction; Food
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Food craving refers to an intense desire or urge to consume a specific food. In Western or Westernized societies, these craved foods usually have high palatability and are energy dense, that is, they have high sugar and/or fat content. Accordingly, the most often craved food is chocolate. Food cravi...