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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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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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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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Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023 Plain English summary Social media addiction has been found to have psychological and physiological impacts on individuals’ health. In order to better understand the role of social media addiction, the present study constructed a model to investigate the
Po-Ching Huang +7 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 Food addiction, specifically ultra-processed food addiction, has been discussed in thousands of peer-reviewed publications. Although 20% of adults meet criteria for this condition, food addiction is not a recognized clinical diagnosis, leading to a ...
Jen Unwin +9 more
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Bio-Protocol, 2020 The study of food addiction comprises 3 hallmarks that include the persistence to response without an outcome, the strong motivation for palatable food, and the loss of inhibitory control over food intake that leads to compulsive behavior in addicted ...
Elena Martín-García +2 more
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How Prevalent is ?Food Addiction?? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2011 Increasing evidence suggests that binge eating-related disorders could be related to addiction-like eating patterns due to the addictive potential of hyperpalatable foods. Subsequently, important implications have been derived for treatment of those disorders and even political actions. However, studies on the prevalence of food addiction are rare. Few
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Psychiatry Research CommunicationsFood addiction is one of the most common substance or behavioural addictions and is linked to negative consequences. Thus, there is a need to investigate the risk factors associated with food addiction. The current study examined if emotion dysregulation
Nalan Guney +2 more
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