Title |
Which Foods May Be Addictive? The Roles of Processing, Fat Content, and Glycemic Load
|
---|---|
Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2015
|
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0117959 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Erica M. Schulte, Nicole M. Avena, Ashley N. Gearhardt |
Abstract |
We propose that highly processed foods share pharmacokinetic properties (e.g. concentrated dose, rapid rate of absorption) with drugs of abuse, due to the addition of fat and/or refined carbohydrates and the rapid rate the refined carbohydrates are absorbed into the system, indicated by glycemic load (GL). The current study provides preliminary evidence for the foods and food attributes implicated in addictive-like eating. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 800 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 128 | 16% |
Spain | 56 | 7% |
United Kingdom | 38 | 5% |
Canada | 26 | 3% |
Turkey | 24 | 3% |
Japan | 20 | 3% |
Mexico | 16 | 2% |
Brazil | 11 | 1% |
Argentina | 10 | 1% |
Other | 85 | 11% |
Unknown | 386 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 630 | 79% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 103 | 13% |
Scientists | 52 | 7% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 12 | 2% |
Unknown | 3 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 749 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 6 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Finland | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Other | 2 | <1% |
Unknown | 733 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 126 | 17% |
Student > Master | 109 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 85 | 11% |
Researcher | 80 | 11% |
Other | 37 | 5% |
Other | 124 | 17% |
Unknown | 188 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Psychology | 115 | 15% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 104 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 95 | 13% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 59 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 37 | 5% |
Other | 132 | 18% |
Unknown | 207 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2702. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2024.
All research outputs
#2,730
of 25,768,270 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#27
of 224,605 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#17
of 269,839 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#1
of 4,355 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,768,270 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 224,605 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 269,839 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 4,355 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.