While many people know about alcohol addiction, there’s a similar term gaining attention in the media and in research circles that involves eating: food addiction. It’s a complicated subject that goes ...

An obsession with healthy eating can lead to addiction and eating disorders, experts have warned. As millions of people prepare to start diets in the new year, researchers said they are concerned that ...

Some researchers and clinicians have highlighted commonalities between binge eating and alcohol and drug abuse. This observation has led to the introduction of terms such as, "compulsive overeating" ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

Doctors often ask one simple question that quietly exposes a sugar addiction without lab tests or long symptom lists. If you ...

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 ...

A new study claims that “ultra-processed food addiction” affects one in eight older adults. But how solid is the science behind that headline? Beneath the striking numbers lies a web of assumptions ...

People now in their 50s and 60s were the first generation to grow up when ultra-processed foods – often high in fats, salt and added sugar – became widely available. New research shows that this ...