Ultra-processed foods have become a primary scapegoat for nearly every conceivable health problem. When researchers cannot ...

Although food addiction is not medically recognized, ultra-processed foods, with their excess sugar, salt, and fat, often prompt overconsumption with addict-like behavior. They work through ...

Food addiction is the idea that individuals can experience addiction-like behaviors in response to the consumption of certain foods. 1 Food addiction is thought to be severe in some cases—similar to ...

Neurobiological conditioning is the process by which we learn to associate these cues with the behavior. Once conditioning ...

Food addiction is a real and serious issue that affects many individuals worldwide. Unlike other addictions, food addiction often goes unnoticed because eating is a normal part of daily life. However, ...

Chicago native Jeffrey Odwazny says he has been addicted to ultraprocessed food since he was a child. “I was driven to eat and eat and eat, and while I would overeat healthy food, what really got me ...

People are more likely to succeed in substance use disorder recovery when they are able to meet their basic needs, including food, housing and safety.

I am a recovering food addict whose life has been affected by diabetes, hypothyroidism and hypertension. I am also diagnosed as having mental health conditions and neurodiversity which affects my ...

For some patients, bariatric weight-loss surgery can come with a little-known and potentially deadly complication.

“It was a vicious cycle... I had to re-educate myself,” Lachlan “Lucky” Munro said of his food addiction Lachlan "Lucky" Munro (2) Lachlan “Lucky” Munro struggled with food addiction at an early age ...