A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions ...

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 ...

Are your cravings for certain foods out of control? Source: Joenomias/Pixabay, used with permission Are you a food addict? Certainly all of us have had the experience, at one time or another, of being ...

If you struggle with out-of-control eating, there’s a good chance that you also have a history of romantic relationships that don’t work out well or that don’t truly satisfy you. Perhaps you have a ...

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, "Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight" ...

The best of us have had low moments of questioning our life decisions over a devoured bag of chips. Science says it’s not just you — it’s the food. A study led by University of Michigan professor ...

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 ...

(NewsNation) — Ultraprocessed foods engineered with fat, sugar and salt are “addictive” and driving America’s obesity crisis, according to a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner who argues ...

Is sugar the new nicotine … or maybe just the current scapegoat for our collective confusion over what’s “healthy?” Science can’t decide if sugar is a genuine addiction or a guilty pleasure, and our ...