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MeSH Heading: Food Addiction
Tree Number(s): F01.145.527.100.120.500; F03.400.813
Unique ID: D000073932
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073932
Scope Note: A cluster of chemical dependencies to specific foods or food in general in which there develops a physical craving for these foods.
Entry Term(s): Compulsive Eating
NLM Classification #: WM 175
Previous Indexing: Behavior, Addictive (2000-2017)
See Also: Pica
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/02/28

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diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

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ethnology (EH)

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genetics (GE)

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immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

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