Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 288-303 , June 2010

The plausibility of sugar addiction and its role in obesity and eating disorders

  • David Benton

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Received 15 August 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.12.001

Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 288-303 , June 2010

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