Sugar addiction: from evolution to revolution

In this 2017 study, the trait food craving was measured in 61 participants before they underwent 7 days of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) involving the reporting of snack-related thoughts, craving intensity, and snack consumption (at 5 time points per day). The vast majority of snacks reported (86%) were high in calorie, with chocolate-containing snacks consumed […]

The theory that highly processed foods may be capable of triggering addictive-like symptoms including withdrawal in people, led Schulte and her team (2018) to develop a self-report measure of highly processed food withdrawal. The Highly Processed Food Withdrawal Scale (ProWS), which was adapted from self-report measures of drug withdrawal, was assessed on internal consistency and […]