Food cravings and body weight: A conditioning response

This 2018 systematic review examined the construct of “food addiction” in humans and animals using quantitative, peer-reviewed studies written in English. The 52 identified studies (35 articles) were qualitatively evaluated on the extent to which their findings demonstrated characteristics such as brain reward dysfunction, preoccupation, risky use, impaired control, tolerance/withdrawal, social impairment, chronicity, and relapse, […]

The way that food is perceived can be influenced by emotions. Increased food consumption during emotional and psychological states may harm an individual’s health. This cross-sectional study by Ljubičić et al. (2023) set out to find correlations between food intake, emotional eating patterns, and emotional states such as depression, stress, loneliness, and boredom eating as […]