Food cravings: Associations with dietary intake and metabolic health

The concept of food addiction suggests that certain individuals may exhibit addictive-like responses to specific foods high in fat and refined carbohydrates. A recent alternative model proposes that eating itself could be a behavioral addiction triggering similar responses in susceptible people. This perspective argues that behavioral signs, such as consuming more food than intended or […]

Schulte et al. (2015) conducted 2 studies to find foods most associated with addictive-like dietary habits (Study 1) and to identify relevant food attributes connected with addictive-like behaviors (Study 2), while exploring the influence of individual differences for this association. The theory was that highly processed foods share similar pharmacokinetic properties with drugs of abuse […]