Food Addiction: Its Prevalence and Significant Association with Obesity in the General Population

Pardis Pedram; Danny Wadden; Peyvand Amini; Wayne Gulliver; Edward Randell; Farrell Cahill; Sudesh Vasdev; Alan Goodridge; Jacqueline C. Carter; Guangju Zhai; Yunqi Ji; Guang Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074832

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Food Addiction: Its Prevalence and Significant Association with Obesity in the General Population

Pardis Pedram,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Danny Wadden,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Peyvand Amini,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Wayne Gulliver,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Edward Randell,

Affiliation Discipline of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Farrell Cahill,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Sudesh Vasdev,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Alan Goodridge,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Jacqueline C. Carter,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Guangju Zhai,

Affiliation Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Yunqi Ji,

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Guang Sun

* E-mail: gsun@mun.ca

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Food Addiction: Its Prevalence and Significant Association with Obesity in the General Population

Pardis Pedram,
Danny Wadden,
Peyvand Amini,
Wayne Gulliver,
Edward Randell,
Farrell Cahill,
Sudesh Vasdev,
Alan Goodridge,
Jacqueline C. Carter,
Guangju Zhai

Published: September 4, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074832

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