El 31 335i till: IIE ly 39 million adults in the United States met the classification of obesity,
defined as having a Body Mass Index score of 30 or more." Recent evidence suggests …

Obesity is a major public health problem and notoriously difficult to treat. There are many
parallels between obesity/overeating and addictions to alcohol and drugs. This paper …

The binge eating that is a prominent feature of many eating disorders shares many
similarities with substance abuse. People with binge eating and substance abuse report …

An addiction model of both eating disorders and obesity has received increasing attention in
the popular and scientific literature. The addiction is viewed as a brain disease that must be …

The obesity epidemic has led to the postulation that highly palatable foods may be
“addictive” for some individuals. This idea is supported by the fact that there are overlaps in …

Obesity has become a major health problem and epidemic. However, much of the current
debate has been fractious and etiologies of obesity have been attributed to eating behavior …

Eating disorders show some similar features to substance abuse and dependence, but this
does not justify viewing them as an addiction. Neither tolerance nor withdrawal reactions to …

Obesity is a term used to describe the condition of having an elevated body weight, and is
most commonly defined by the construct of body mass index. This chapter considers what is …

This report summarizes the main themes addressed at a workshop on research on eating
disorders (EDs), which was hosted by the National Institute of Mental Health in December …

Abstract similarities between binge eating and addictive disorders/comorbidity between
binge eating and psychoactive substance abuse/family studies of the co-occurrence of …