Reward-induced eating: therapeutic approaches to addressing food cravings

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 […]

Piccini et al. (2021) conducted this review to explain the complex symptomatology of food addiction and assess its relationship with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and substance-related and addictive disorders. This systematic review identified similarities between patients with food addiction and those with substance use disorders such as risk factors, neurobiological and hormonal correlates, […]