Food addiction: a valid concept?

• Published in: Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 43; no. 13; pp. 2506 - 2513
• Main Authors: Fletcher, Paul C., Kenny, Paul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.12.2018; Springer International Publishing
• Subjects: Addictions; Addicts; Animals; Behavior, Addictive - diagnosis; Behavior, Addictive - epidemiology; Behavior, Addictive - psychology; Circumspective; Drug addiction; Eating - physiology; Eating - psychology; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Feeding Behavior - psychology; Food; Food Addiction - diagnosis; Food Addiction - epidemiology; Food Addiction - psychology; Food intake; Humans; Obesity - diagnosis; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - psychology; Reward

Can food be addictive? What does it mean to be a food addict? Do common underlying neurobiological mechanisms contribute to drug and food addiction? These vexing questions have been the subject of considerable interest and debate in recent years, driven in large part by the major health concerns ass...