Ultra-processed food addiction: an epidemic?

EM LaFata, AN Gearhardt - Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 2022 - karger.com
The prevalence of obesity doubled since the 1980s, resulting in exponentially higher
incidence rates of diet-related diseases [1, 2]. These drastic changes cannot be attributed to …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating bidirectional predictive pathways between dietary restraint and food addiction in adolescents

JM Rios, MK Berg, AN Gearhardt - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The relationship between food addiction, an important emerging construct of excessive
eating pathology, and dietary restraint has yet to be fully understood. Eating disorder models …

[HTML][HTML] Food insecurity and food addiction in a large, national sample of lower-income adults

CW Leung, L Parnarouskis, MJ Slotnick… - Current Developments …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Growing research has highlighted associations between food insecurity and
eating-related problems. Food addiction is one important, clinically significant pattern of …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic and Other Endocrine Elements with Regard to Lifestyle Choices: Focus on E-Cigarettes

A Osman, GS Petrescu, MJ Tuculină, IT Dascălu… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Our objective was to overview recent data on metabolic/endocrine disorders with respect to
e-cigarette (e-cig) use. This is a narrative review; we researched English, full-length, original …

The role of anhedonia in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), alcohol use disorder symptoms, and food addiction symptoms in a sample …

M Takgbajouah, N Barnes, J MacKillop… - Experimental and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous research has shown that (ACEs) are associated with negative health outcomes,
including depression, problematic alcohol use, and disordered patterns of overeating …

[HTML][HTML] Co-occurrence of habit-forming risk behaviors and their socio-demographic, health status and lifestyle determinants: a population-based cross-sectional study

J Kose, P Duquenne, S Hercberg, P Galan… - Archives of Public …, 2024 - Springer
Background Although habit-forming risk behaviors frequently co-occur, determinants of
concurrent risk behaviors have rarely been investigated. The aim of the present study was to …

[HTML][HTML] The Food Addiction Clinical Treatment (FACT) Manual: A Harm Reduction Treatment Approach

EL O'Hea, SA Edwards-Hampton, DL Beall Brown… - Behavioral …, 2024 - mdpi.com
While the construct of food addiction has been controversial, there is growing evidence that
certain foods can activate biobehavioral and neurological mechanisms consistent with …

Examining the association of family environment and children emotional/behavioral difficulties in the relationship between parental anxiety and internet addiction in …

Y Wang, K Zhou, Y Wang, J Zhang, Y Xie… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Associations between parental anxiety and adolescent internet addiction have
been documented in the literature; however, few studies have analyzed the role of the family …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the relationship of concurrent obesity and tobacco use disorder on the development of substance use disorders and psychiatric conditions: findings …

LJ Fields, W Roberts, I Schwing, M McCoy… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Multimorbidity is linked to worse health outcomes than single health conditions.
However, recent studies show that obesity may reduce the risk of developing substance use …

Investigating gender differences in the co-occurrence of PTSD and food addiction

LV Hoover, PY Hayley, ER Duval, AN Gearhardt - Appetite, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) commonly co-occurs with substance use
disorders (SUDs). Past studies suggest PTSD is also associated with food addiction …