Compulsive “grazing” and addictive tendencies towards food

This 2015 review analysed the evidence for the dysregulation of the brain reward system in human obesity, while also considering 2 contrasting perspectives on the control of hedonic eating, in taking control of your intake via higher cognitive control and the loss of discipline observed by the food addiction model. Ziauddeen et al. (2015) also […]

This 2019 study examined overweight/obese women on their neural responses to viewing images of highly processed foods, minimally processed foods, and household objects. Many of the participants (20 out of 44) met criteria for moderate-to-severe Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) food addiction. Their cues to highly processed and minimally processed foods were explored. […]