ArticleAppetite2016
Food craving and obesity in survivors of pediatric ALL and lymphoma.
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- The evolution of nutritional care in children and young people with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a narrative review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Review
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- Metabolic Implications of Childhood Cancer.Current pediatrics reports · 2025Article
- Trends in age- and sex-adjusted body mass index and the prevalence of malnutrition in children with cancer over 42 months after diagnosis: a single-center cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2020Observational
- Nutrition education and cooking workshops for families of children with cancer: a feasibility study.BMC nutrition · 2019Article
- Association of dietary patterns with overweight risk and all-cause mortality in children with cancer.Nutrition research and practice · 2017Article
- Early Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions in Childhood Cancer Survivors.Current obesity reports · 2017Review
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- Developing a Web-Based Weight Management Program for Childhood Cancer Survivors: Rationale and Methods.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
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Abstract
Cancer treatment can impact the hypothalamic-pituitary region of the developing brain, impairing appetite regulation and causing food craving in children who have survived cancer. We assessed food craving using a modified Food Craving Inventory in 22 survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoma (median age = 11.7 years) and evaluated its association with treatment exposure and changes in weight status over a one-year period. Mean total craving score was 2.1 (SD = 0.7). Survivors reported significantly higher mean craving score for fast-foods [2.6 (SD = 0.9)] than for sweets [2.1 (SD = 0.8)], carbohydrates [2.0 (SD = 0.6)], and fats [1.8 (SD = 0.7)] (all P values < 0.05). Results from multivariate linear regression indicated that survivors diagnosed at an older age (≥4.5 years) experienced higher frequencies of food craving than those diagnosed at a younger age (<4.5 years) (β = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.42, 1.34). Food craving, however, was not significantly associated with survivors' weight status over 12 months of follow-up. Food craving alone does not appear to explain the obesity risk in this sample of childhood cancer survivors. The role of food craving in shaping eating behavior and obesity risk needs to be further evaluated in a large cohort of childhood cancer survivors.
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