Food Addiction

"Food Addiction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A cluster of chemical dependencies to specific foods or food in general in which there develops a physical craving for these foods.

Descriptor ID	D000073932
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.527.100.120.500 F03.400.813
Concept/Terms	Food Addiction Food Addiction Food Addictions Compulsive Eating Compulsive Eating Eating, Compulsive

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Food Addiction".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Impulsive Behavior [F01.145.527]
Compulsive Behavior [F01.145.527.100]
Behavior, Addictive [F01.145.527.100.120]
Food Addiction [F01.145.527.100.120.500]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Feeding and Eating Disorders [F03.400]
Food Addiction [F03.400.813]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Food Addiction".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Food Addiction".

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