Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Scientific Correspondence
  • Published:

Why is dieting so difficult?

Nature volume 376, page 557 (1995)Cite this article

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Brownell, K. D. & Rodin, J. Am. Psychol. 49, 781–791 (1994).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Anderson I. M., Parry-Billings, M., Newsholme, E. A., Fairburn, C. G. & Cowen, P. J. Psychol. Med. 20, 785–791 (1990).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Tecott, L. H. et al. Nature 374, 542–546 (1995).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Cowen, P. J. Clin. Neuropharmac. 16 (Suppl. 3), S6–S18 (1993).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Cooper, Z. Eating Disorders and Obesity (eds Brownell, K. D. & Fairburn, C. G.), 199–206 (Guilford, New York, 1995).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University Department of Psychiatry, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, 0X4 4XN, UK

    P. J. Cowen, E. M. Clifford, C. Williams, A. E. S. Walsh & C. G. Fairburn

Authors
  1. P. J. Cowen
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. E. M. Clifford
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  3. C. Williams
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  4. A. E. S. Walsh
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  5. C. G. Fairburn
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Cowen, P., Clifford, E., Williams, C. et al. Why is dieting so difficult?. Nature 376, 557 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/376557a0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/376557a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing