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. 2008 Sep;51(2):324-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.03.002. Epub 2008 Mar 18.

The association between food cravings and consumption of specific foods in a laboratory taste test

Corby K Martin  1 , Patrick M O'Neil, Gary Tollefson, Frank L Greenway, Marney A White
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The association between food cravings and consumption of specific foods in a laboratory taste test

Corby K Martin et al. Appetite. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

This pilot study tested the relation between food cravings and food intake in the laboratory. Participants (n=91; mean BMI=35.1 kg/m2) completed the Food Craving Inventory to measure cravings for sweets, fats, carbohydrates, and fast food fats, and a taste test consisting of four foods (jelly beans, M&M's, regular potato chips, and baked low-fat potato chips). Thereafter, participants could eat the items ad libitum. Specific food cravings were significantly correlated with consumption of corresponding types of foods. The sweets scale correlated with M&M and jelly bean intake, but not chip intake. The fats scale correlated only with intake of regular potato chips.

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