Food and Addiction A Comprehensive Handbook

• Main Authors: Brownell, Kelly D, Gold, Mark S
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2012; Oxford University Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Animal models; Compulsive eating; Drug abuse; Eating disorders; Obesity; Treatment

Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook brings scientific order to the issue of food and addiction, spanning multiple disciplines to create the foundation for what is a rapidly advancing field and to highlight needed advances in science and public policy. The book assembles leading scientists a...

Table of Contents:

• 59. Nutrition Practices in Schools -- PART VI: Legal and Policy Implications -- 60. Legal and Policy Implications: Litigation -- 61. Legal Implications: Regulating Sales and Marketing -- 62. What Lessons for Food Policy Can Be Learned from Alcohol Control? -- 63. Policy Lessons Learned from Tobacco -- 64. Lessons from Drug Policy -- 65. Global Policies Affecting Diet and Obesity -- PART VII: Concluding Comments -- 66. Food and Addiction: Scientific, Social, Legal, and Legislative Implications -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
• Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: The Neurobiology and Psychology of Addiction -- 1. Animal Models of Drug Addiction -- 2. Human Laboratory Models of Addiction -- 3. Neuroanatomy of Addiction -- 4. Genetics of Addiction -- 5. Epigenetic Changes in Addiction and Eating Disorders -- 6. Feeding Systems and Drugs of Abuse -- 7. Co-Occurring Addiction and Psychiatric Disorders -- 8. The Study of Craving and Its Role in Addiction -- 9. Stress and Addiction: A Brief Overview -- PART II: Regulation of Eating and Body Weight -- 10. The Changing Face of Global Diet and Nutrition -- 11. Weight and Diet among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2005-2008 -- 12. Genetics of Body Weight Regulation -- 13. Central Regulation of Hunger, Satiety, and Body Weight -- 14. Peripheral Regulation of Hunger and Satiety -- 15. Food Intake and Metabolism -- 16. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Energy Balance -- 17. Prenatal Programming of Obesity: Role of Macronutrient-Specific Peptide Systems -- 18. The Biology and Psychology of Taste -- 19. Leptin Gene Therapy for Hyperphagia, Obesity, Metabolic Diseases, and Addiction: A New Opportunity -- 20. Lessons from Prader-Willi Syndrome and Pathological Brain Reinforcement -- 21. Environmental Toxins as Triggers for Obesity -- 22. The Special Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages -- 23. The Impact of Portion Size and Energy Density on Eating -- 24. Specific Environmental Drivers of Eating -- PART III: Research on Food and Addiction -- 25. Food Addiction and Diagnostic Criteria for Dependence -- 26. Phylogenetic and Ontogenetic Contributions to Today's Obesity Quagmire -- 27. Food Reward -- 28. Dopamine Deficiency, Eating, and Body Weight -- 29. Genes and Reward Circuitry as Predictors of Eating and Weight Gain -- 30. Hormones, Hunger, and Food Addiction
• 31. Bingeing, Withdrawal, and Craving: An Animal Model of Sugar Addiction -- 32. Incubation of Sucrose Craving in Animal Models -- 33. Liking versus Wanting Food in Human Appetite: Relation to Craving, Overconsumption, and "Food Addiction" -- 34. The Psychology of Food Cravings -- 35. Is Sugar as Addictive as Cocaine? -- 36. Caffeine, Addiction, and Food Consumption -- 37. Interactions between Smoking, Eating, and Body Weight -- 38. Interactions between Alcohol Consumption, Eating, and Weight -- 39. Relationships between Drugs of Abuse and Eating -- 40. Stress and Reward: Neural Networks, Eating, and Obesity -- 41. Public Attitudes about Addiction as a Cause of Obesity -- PART IV: Clinical Approaches and Implications -- 42. Clinical Assessment of Food and Addiction -- 43. Psychological Treatments for Substance Use Disorders -- 44. Behavioral Treatments for Obesity -- 45. Pharmacotherapy of Addictive Disorders -- 46. Pharmacotherapy for Obesity: Current and Future Treatments -- 47. Surgical Treatments for Obesity -- 48. Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependence in 2011 and Relevance to Food Addiction -- 49. Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder -- 50. Exercise Addiction and Aversion: Implications for Eating and Obesity -- 51. New Treatments for Obesity Based on Addiction Models -- 52. From the Front Lines: The Impact of Refined Food Addiction on Well-Being -- 53. From the Front Lines: A Clinical Approach to Food and Addiction -- 54. Food and Addiction: A Personal Story -- PART V: Public Health Approaches and Implications -- 55. Taxes on Energy-Dense Foods to Improve Nutrition and Prevent Obesity -- 56. Addressing Disparities Related to Food Intake and Obesity -- 57. Is Food Advertising Feeding Americans' Sugar Habit? An Analysis of Exposure to Television Advertising for High-Sugar Foods -- 58. Environmental Interventions to Reduce Overeating in Children