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| Title |
Public Views on Food Addiction and Obesity: Implications for Policy and Treatment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0074836 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Natalia M. Lee, Jayne Lucke, Wayne D. Hall, Carla Meurk, Frances M. Boyle, Adrian Carter |
| Abstract |
According to their advocates, neurobiological explanations of overeating, or "food addiction", have the potential to impact public understanding and treatment of obesity. In this study, we examine the public's acceptance of the concept of food addiction as an explanation of overeating and assess its effects upon their attitudes toward obese persons and the treatment of obesity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 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 Kingdom | 10 | 32% |
| Australia | 10 | 32% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 8 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 52% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 26% |
| Scientists | 4 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 155 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 150 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 9% |
| Researcher | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 27 | 17% |
| Unknown | 24 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 19% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 17% |
| Unknown | 34 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 73. 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 16 September 2019.
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#568,776
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#7,833
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#4,665
of 209,506 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#197
of 4,880 outputs
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