I’ve been thinking a lot recently about food addiction. Earlier this year, I co-led a workshop with sugar addiction expert Dr. Nicole Avena and later participated in a panel discussion on the topic ...

Dr. Peeke offers a prescription to get food addicts on the road to recovery. Sept. 24, 2012— -- Tara Costa calls herself a recovering addict, but the substance she abused was food. Costa wasn't ...

Can we really be addicted to food? After all, we need food to survive. Our brains are wired to experience pleasure from eating which is what motivates us to consume enough energy—clearly a survival ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recent poll found that 13% of adults aged 50 to 80 years showed signs of addiction to highly processed foods.

Ultra-processed foods -- such as chips, many cereals and many packaged snacks -- may be linked to changes in the way we learn, remember and feel. Help may be on the way for junk food addicts. Recent ...

A prescription drug used to treat narcolepsy and other sleep disorders has the potential to help people whose obesity is driven by food addiction. This is the conclusion of a new study published in ...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — An increasing number of studies suggest food has highly addictive qualities that are just difficult to overcome. The need for food is a basic requirement for human survival, but ...

Women who suffer physical or sexual abuse as children are around twice as likely to grow up to be food addicts who comfort eat, a study has revealed. Previous studies have shown that childhood abuse ...

More American's die from obesity every year than all cancers combined, and a leading cause could be food addiction. Dr Pamela Peeke, author of the new book The Hunger Fix, explains that food can be as ...