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Which Foods May Be Addictive? The Roles of Processing, Fat Content, and Glycemic Load

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, February 2015
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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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
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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.

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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 722 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 127 17%
Student > Master 109 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 85 12%
Researcher 80 11%
Other 37 5%
Other 114 15%
Unknown 186 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 115 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 102 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 95 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 59 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 37 5%
Other 125 17%
Unknown 205 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2704. 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
#2,701
of 25,582,611 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#27
of 223,078 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18
of 269,524 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#2
of 4,352 outputs
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