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Trait Food Craving Questionnaire‐ Reduced

Measure Definition:

An instrument used to assess food cravings where scores have been found to be positively associated with eating pathology, body mass index (BMI), low dieting success and increases in state food craving during cognitive tasks involving appealing food stimuli.

Construct:

Diet

Construct Definition (and Source):

Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. (MeSH)

Selected References

Citation PubMed ID

Meule, A., Hermann, T., & Kübler, A. (2014). A short version of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait: the FCQ-T-reduced. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 190. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00190