A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions ...

Some researchers and clinicians have highlighted commonalities between binge eating and alcohol and drug abuse. This observation has led to the introduction of terms such as, "compulsive overeating" ...

that their favourite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such as alcohol or ...

The health impact of an eating disorder – including diabetes, renal and liver failure, as well as fractures - can last for years.

I have extensive knowledge of eating disorders, psychiatric medications, addictions, grief/loss, relationship dynamics, LGBTQ issues, infertility and disability. Well versed in treating a eating ...

Is sugar the new nicotine … or maybe just the current scapegoat for our collective confusion over what’s “healthy?” Science can’t decide if sugar is a genuine addiction or a guilty pleasure, and our ...

“It was a vicious cycle... I had to re-educate myself,” Lachlan “Lucky” Munro said of his food addiction Lachlan "Lucky" Munro (2) Lachlan “Lucky” Munro struggled with food addiction at an early age ...

A cross-sectional pan-European study reports that a high prevalence of addictive behaviours is affected by sociodemographic and disease-related factors in patients with chronic skin diseases.