Food craving

A food craving (also called selective hunger) is an intense desire to consume a specific food, and is different from normal hunger.[1] It may or may not be related to specific hunger, the drive to consume particular nutrients that is well-studied in animals. In studies of food cravings, chocolate and chocolate confectioneries almost always top the list of foods people say they crave;[2] this craving is referred to as chocoholism. The craving of non-food items as food is called pica.[3]

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  2. ^ Rogers P (2003). "Food cravings and addictions - fact and fallacy". In Carr T, Descheemaker K (eds.). Nutrition and Health - Current topics - 3 (Antwerp ed.). Garant. p. 69. ISBN 978-90-441-1493-5.
  3. ^ Young SL (22 October 2012). Craving earth: Understanding pica: The urge to eat clay, starch, ice, and chalk. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14609-8.