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Sweet craving

MedGen UID:
810575
•Concept ID:
C0241314
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0030221

Definition

Excessive desire to eat sweet foods. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSweet craving

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Exploring the wider benefits of semaglutide treatment in obesity: insight from the STEP program.
O'Neil PM, Rubino DM
Postgrad Med 2022 Jan;134(sup1):28-36. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2022.2150006. PMID: 36691307
Eating Behaviours and Food Cravings; Influence of Age, Sex, BMI and FTO Genotype.
Abdella HM, El Farssi HO, Broom DR, Hadden DA, Dalton CF
Nutrients 2019 Feb 12;11(2) doi: 10.3390/nu11020377. PMID: 30759834Free PMC Article
It is not how much you crave but what you do with it that counts: behavioural responses to food craving during weight management.
Smithson EF, Hill AJ
Eur J Clin Nutr 2017 May;71(5):625-630. Epub 2016 Dec 14 doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.235. PMID: 27966566

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Daily associations between alcohol and sweets craving and consumption in early AUD recovery: Results from an ecological momentary assessment study.
Abrantes AM, Kunicki Z, Braun T, Miranda R Jr, Blevins CE, Brick L, Thomas G, Marsh E, Feltus S, Stein MD
J Subst Abuse Treat 2022 Jan;132:108614. Epub 2021 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108614. PMID: 34493429
Leptin and ghrelin concentrations and eating behaviors during the early and late luteal phase in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Yen JY, Lin HC, Lin PC, Liu TL, Long CY, Ko CH
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2020 Aug;118:104713. Epub 2020 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104713. PMID: 32460195
Acute intermittent porphyria symptoms during the menstrual cycle.
Ahangari A, Bäckström T, Innala E, Andersson C, Turkmen S
Intern Med J 2015 Jul;45(7):725-31. doi: 10.1111/imj.12784. PMID: 25871503
Intensity and pleasantness of sucrose taste in patients with winter depression.
Swiecicki L, Scinska A, Bzinkowska D, Torbinski J, Sienkiewicz-Jarosz H, Samochowiec J, Bienkowski P
Nutr Neurosci 2015 May;18(4):186-91. Epub 2014 Mar 17 doi: 10.1179/1476830514Y.0000000115. PMID: 24628084
Chocolate craving and liking.
Rozin P, Levine E, Stoess C
Appetite 1991 Dec;17(3):199-212. doi: 10.1016/0195-6663(91)90022-k. PMID: 1799282

Diagnosis

A strange New Year's Eve: triggers in Kleine-Levin syndrome.
Vaillant G, Martin M, Groos E, Larabi IA, Alvarez JC, Arnulf I
J Clin Sleep Med 2021 Feb 1;17(2):329-332. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8858. PMID: 33025902Free PMC Article
Anxiety symptoms and emotional eating are independently associated with sweet craving in young adults.
Penaforte FRO, Minelli MCS, Anastácio LR, Japur CC
Psychiatry Res 2019 Jan;271:715-720. Epub 2018 Dec 3 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.11.070. PMID: 30791346
Acute intermittent porphyria symptoms during the menstrual cycle.
Ahangari A, Bäckström T, Innala E, Andersson C, Turkmen S
Intern Med J 2015 Jul;45(7):725-31. doi: 10.1111/imj.12784. PMID: 25871503
Seasonal alteration in taste detection and recognition threshold in seasonal affective disorder: the proximate source of carbohydrate craving.
Arbisi PA, Levine AS, Nerenberg J, Wolf J
Psychiatry Res 1996 Jan 31;59(3):171-82. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(95)02816-1. PMID: 8930022

Therapy

A starch- and sucrose-reduced diet may lead to improvement of intestinal and extraintestinal symptoms in more conditions than irritable bowel syndrome and congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency.
Roth B, Ohlsson B
Nutrition 2024 Jan;117:112254. Epub 2023 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2023.112254. PMID: 37924624
The role of low progesterone and tension as triggers of perimenstrual chocolate and sweets craving: some negative experimental evidence.
Michener W, Rozin P, Freeman E, Gale L
Physiol Behav 1999 Sep;67(3):417-20. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9384(99)00094-3. PMID: 10497961

Prognosis

Daily associations between alcohol and sweets craving and consumption in early AUD recovery: Results from an ecological momentary assessment study.
Abrantes AM, Kunicki Z, Braun T, Miranda R Jr, Blevins CE, Brick L, Thomas G, Marsh E, Feltus S, Stein MD
J Subst Abuse Treat 2022 Jan;132:108614. Epub 2021 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108614. PMID: 34493429

Clinical prediction guides

A starch- and sucrose-reduced diet may lead to improvement of intestinal and extraintestinal symptoms in more conditions than irritable bowel syndrome and congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency.
Roth B, Ohlsson B
Nutrition 2024 Jan;117:112254. Epub 2023 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2023.112254. PMID: 37924624
Daily associations between alcohol and sweets craving and consumption in early AUD recovery: Results from an ecological momentary assessment study.
Abrantes AM, Kunicki Z, Braun T, Miranda R Jr, Blevins CE, Brick L, Thomas G, Marsh E, Feltus S, Stein MD
J Subst Abuse Treat 2022 Jan;132:108614. Epub 2021 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108614. PMID: 34493429
Leptin and ghrelin concentrations and eating behaviors during the early and late luteal phase in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Yen JY, Lin HC, Lin PC, Liu TL, Long CY, Ko CH
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2020 Aug;118:104713. Epub 2020 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104713. PMID: 32460195
Sweet craving and ghrelin and leptin levels in women during stress.
Macedo DM, Diez-Garcia RW
Appetite 2014 Sep;80:264-70. Epub 2014 May 28 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.05.031. PMID: 24879886
Cortisol response and desire to binge following psychological stress: comparison between obese subjects with and without binge eating disorder.
Rosenberg N, Bloch M, Ben Avi I, Rouach V, Schreiber S, Stern N, Greenman Y
Psychiatry Res 2013 Jul 30;208(2):156-61. Epub 2012 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.050. PMID: 23083917

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