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The phenomenon of Food Addiction

Causes of perceived addiction:

-psychological associations

-extreme restriction --> desire

-label

-stigma

Biopower

If there is this lack of scientific evidence

then why is there increased attention on "food addiction" in the media and by the public?

  • personal responsibility versus corporate responsibility (i.e. tobacco)
  • Engineering and marketing of food may interact with risk factors to generate brain responses like those to traditional drugs of abuse
  • Hyperpalatable foods are widely accessible, dangerous if proven addictive
  • Industry must claim responsibility

addiction:

  • chronic, relapsing brain disease
  • characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences

Missing components:

DSM 5:

-substance taken in larger amounts or over a longer period of time than intended

-persistent desire or unsuccessful effort to control use of substance

-great deal of time is spend in activities necessary to obtain, use, or recover from substance

-craving or strong desire or urge to use the substance

-recurrent use of substance results in failure to fulfill major obligations

-continued use despite social or interpersonal problems cause or exacerbated by use

-recurrent use despite physically hazardous consequences

-tolerance and withdrawal symptoms

  • Tolerance
  • Withdrawal
  • Interference with social or interpersonal relationships
  • Distress or impairment to everyday functioning

Self-perceived food addiction

Themes

-86% of Americans endorsed the idea that some foods have addictive properties

-72% believed food addiction could account for some cases of obesity

-42-52% perceived themselves to be addicted to food

1. Reward-driven eating

2. Preoccupation

3. Self-control

4. Cravings

5. Health

6. Specific food

Questions?

References

-Gearhardt, A.N., Grilo, C.M., DiLeone, R.J., Brownell, K.D., and Potenza, M.N. (2011) Can food be addictive? Public health and policy implications. Addiction. 106 (7): 1208-1212

-Meadows, A. & Higgs, S. (2013) I think, therefore I am? Characteristics of a non-clinical population of self-perceived food addicts. Appetite. 71, 482

-Rogers, P.J., & Smit, H.J. (2000) Food craving and food addiction: a critical review of the evidence from a biopsychosocial perspective. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 66(1), 3-14

-Ruddock, H.K., Dickson, J.M., Field, M., and Hardman, C.A. (2015) Eating to live or living to eat? Exploring the causal attributions of self-perceived food addiction. Appetite, 95, 262-268

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