| Topic: |
Sociology > Depression |
| User: |
"Bev Thornton" |
| Date: |
22 Jul 2005 11:46:07 PM |
| Object: |
[FEAT] Addictive nature of chocolate among women |
18 Jul 2005
Cepeda-Benito, along with colleagues Sonia Rodriguez, Maria Carmen
Fernandez and Jamie Vila, studied women who were identified as both
high and low chocolate cravers by the Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait
(FCQ-T), the most reliable and valid self-report measure of food
cravings. They focused their research on women because, among women,
chocolate is reported as the food craved most often, and it's craved
with such intensity that researchers believe it can be an emotionally
charged experience.
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Cepeda-Benito says his findings may have an impact on the way drug
addiction and bulimia nervosa are treated because current treatment
methods fail to take into account how a craving might be
multidimensional. Data have not consistently shown that these
treatment techniques can reduce drug use or binge eating, he says.
Such techniques might be improved by provoking and extinguishing both
the negative and positive components of cravings, such as the ones
found to be present among high chocolate cravers, he says.
<http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=27571>
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