Can food be addictive? What does it mean to be a food addict? Do common underlying
neurobiological mechanisms contribute to drug and food addiction? These vexing questions …

Food addiction is a pervasive, yet controversial, topic that has gained recent attention in both
lay media and the scientific literature. The goal of this series of articles is to use a …

There is a growing view that certain foods, particularly those high in refined sugars and fats,
are addictive and that some forms of obesity can usefully be treated as a food addiction. This …

First, work presented in this review strongly supports the notion that food addiction is a real
phenomenon. Second, although food and drugs of abuse act on the same central networks …

Most of the evidence for or against food addiction in humans focuses on similarities between
food craving and drug craving. There are numerous parallels in neuroanatomy …

Abstract “Food addiction” is an emerging area, and behavioral and biological overlaps have
been observed between eating and addictive disorders. Potential misconceptions about …

Recent findings have strengthened the case for food addiction. These findings may serve to
validate the perception of food addiction in patients and inform psychoeducational, cognitive …

Food has both homeostatic and hedonic components, which makes it a potent natural
reward. Food related reward could therefore promote an escalation of intake and trigger …

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 …

The evidence for food's addictive properties is steadily growing. In addition to clinical and
evolutionary plausibility, the possibility of addiction to food is supported by animal model …