Reconceptualization of eating addiction and obesity as displacement behavior and a possible treatment
Abstract Purpose Displacement behavior is a biobehavioral mechanism that allows an animal to deal with situations that cannot readily be faced nor avoided, or that are thwarting. It may explain compulsive overeating (eating addiction). Resembling addiction, displacement behavior is irrepressible beh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Eating and Weight Disorders |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-022-01427-1 |