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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Altered Food Behavior and Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Daniele Nucci, Omar Enzo Santangelo, Sandro Provenzano, Mariateresa Nardi, Alberto Firenze, Vincenza Gianfredi

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06814795 (Feasibility of Medically Tailored Meals for Pediatric Populations at Risk for Disparities in Serious Illness Outcomes Due to Inequities in Social Drivers of Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06814795 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility of Medically Tailored Meals for Pediatric Populations at Risk for Disparities in Serious Illness Outcomes Due to Inequities in Social Drivers of Health (MTM-Kids)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterRan2025 to 2026Enrolled32ConditionsPediatric CancerArmsMedically tailored meals
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review on Yellow Fever Vaccine and Adverse Events.Global health, epidemiology and genomics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniele NucciNutritional Support Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Via Gattamelata, 64, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4546-213X
Omar Enzo SantangeloRegional Health Care and Social Agency of Lodi, ASST Lodi, Piazza Ospitale, 10, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2017-3665
Sandro ProvenzanoLocal Health Unit of Trapani, ASP Trapani, 91100 Trapani, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7179-7246
Mariateresa NardiNutritional Support Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Via Gattamelata, 64, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Alberto FirenzeDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (ProMISE) "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro, 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Vincenza GianfrediDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3848-981X
Istituto Oncologico Veneto · ITConservatorio di Musica Antonio Scontrino Trapani · ITOspedale Maggiore di Lodi · ITUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is evidence of an association between cancer and certain types of altered eating behaviors, including orthorexia, food cravings, and food addiction. Given the growing interest in the topic throughout the scientific community we conducted a systematic review to summarize current evidence on the development of altered food behavior, including food addiction and cancer. The Cochrane Collaboration and the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines were followed to perform this systematic review. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement was used to report the process and results. The structured literature search was conducted on 19 April 2022, on PubMed/Medline and Scopus, combining free-text terms and medical subject headings. A total of seven articles were included once the selection process was completed. Food craving has been associated with different types of cancer in adults and young patients, as well as with orthorexia; conversely, compulsive eating has only been explored in patients with prolactinoma treated with dopamine agonists. This systematic review explored a new area of research that warrants further investigation. More research is required to better understand the relationship between cancer and food behavior.

Indexed as

Feeding BehaviorNeoplasmsAdultHumansObservational Studies as TopicPubMedcancercancer survivorscompulsive eatingfood addictionfood behaviorfood cravingorthorexia nervosasystematic review

Identifiers

PMID36011935
PMCPMC9407804
OpenAlexW4293780421

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