ReviewCurrent opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity2018
Food cravings and body weight: a conditioning response.
Review in Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on food craving in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Altered Food Behavior and Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Personalized Nutrition Study (POINTS): evaluation of a genetically informed weight loss approach, a Randomized Clinical Trial.Nature communications · 2023Trial
- Body shape perception in men and women without obesity during caloric restriction: a secondary analysis from the CALERIE study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Trial
- Six-month changes in ghrelin and glucagon-like peptide-1 with weight loss are unrelated to long-term weight regain in obese older adults.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Trial
- The effects of the form of sugar (solid vs. beverage) on body weight and fMRI activation: A randomized controlled pilot study.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Change in self-efficacy, eating behaviors and food cravings during two years of calorie restriction in humans without obesity.Appetite · 2019Trial
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- Appropriate use of the fixed-dose, extended-release combination of naltrexone and bupropion as treatment for obesity in primary care.Obesity pillars · 2025Review
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- Late Luteal Subphase Food Craving Is Enhanced in Women with Obesity and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD).Nutrients · 2023Article
- Comparison of eating behaviour by relative weight change status of young adults throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Dialogues in health · 2023Article
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- Typology of eating episodes in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity.Eating behaviors · 2022Article
- The Use of Self-Help Strategies in Obesity Treatment. A Narrative Review Focused on Hypnosis and Mindfulness.Current obesity reports · 2021Review
- Dynamics of the complex food environment underlying dietary intake in low-income groups: a systems map of associations extracted from a systematic umbrella literature review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Review
- Differences in Food Craving in Individuals With Obesity With and Without Binge Eating Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Psychology of Food Cravings in Patients With First-Episode Psychosis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo provide current information on interventions that alter food cravings. Specifically, dietary, physical activity, pharmacologic, and bariatric surgery interventions are examined. Lastly, the effects of social determinants and current controversies on food cravings are outlined. RECENT
findingsDietary, pharmacologic, and bariatric surgery weight loss interventions decrease food cravings. Physical activity interventions also decrease cravings. There is potential to see differential responses in food cravings in different demographic and socioeconomic groups, but more research is needed. SUMMARY: Food cravings influence body weight. Food craving reductions are because of reductions in the frequency of consuming craved foods, independent of energy content, but further research is warranted. Most findings continue to support the conditioning model of food cravings.
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