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An exploratory study of food addiction in Indian youth
Journal of Eating Disorders, 2021 Background and aims As the understanding of food addiction increases, there is a need to explore the occurrence of this condition in different population groups.
Tamoghna Ghosh +3 more
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A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]
, 2007 Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
Tasnádi, Attila +3 more
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Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023 The food addiction construct is receiving increasing attention from researchers and clinicians worldwide. Given its rise, scientific production on the subject is increasingly abundant. Conducting studies evaluating food addiction in emerging countries is
André Eduardo da Silva Júnior +3 more
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Growth hormone, growth hormone receptor and insulin-like growth factor serum levels in patients with obesity and food addiction [PDF]
The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2021 Obesity is a public health problem that increasingly becomes widespread and causes various complications. Food addiction is a hedonic eating behavior characterized by overconsumption of palatable foods (i.e., foods involve a high amount of salt, sugar ...
O. Avsar, S. Sancak, I. Koroglu, E. Avci
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Food Addiction in Humans [PDF]
The Journal of Nutrition, 2009 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, neurochemistry, and learning. Indeed, brain mechanisms for craving probably evolved to promote seeking of natural rewards and are taken over by drugs of abuse.
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Food craving in food addiction
, 2023 Food craving refers to an intense desire to consume a specific type of food. This chapter describes features of food craving (such as the type of foods craved, sex and cultural differences, its distinctiveness from hunger, and psychological theories on the emergence of food cravings) and their role in addiction-like eating behavior.
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Emotion dysregulation and loneliness as predictors of food addiction [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction: This study aimed to investigate whether multiple aspects of emotion dysregulation contribute to the etiology of Food Addiction (FA); as well as to provide further evidence and clarity regarding the role of loneliness on the development of ...
Alistar Turvill +8 more
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Are Certain Foods Addictive? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2014 In a recent article (1), Dr. Rippe highlights that lifestyle medicine practitioners need to ground their recommendations on sound scientific evidence and that this is complicated by the fact that scientific information is often distorted and conjecture is sometimes confused with proof.
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A narrative review of reward sensitivity, rash impulsivity, and food addiction in adolescents
, 2021 Adolescence represents a neurodevelopmental period characterised by heightened reward drive and weaker inhibitory control, that may increase vulnerability to compulsive overconsumption of highly-palatable foods and food addiction.
Kidd, Chloe, Loxton, Natalie J
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Food addiction: A key factor contributing to obesity?
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: People may develop addiction to hyperpalatable foods, which may be a cause of obesity. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity among adolescents and the effect of food addiction on obesity. Materials and Methods: In this cross-
Reci Meseri, Ceren Akanalci
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