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Food and Addiction - A Comprehensive Handbook (Hardcover)
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Food and Addiction - A Comprehensive Handbook (Hardcover)
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Can certain foods hijack the brain in ways similar to drugs and
alcohol, and is this effect sufficiently strong to contribute to
major diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and
hence constitute a public health menace? Terms like "chocoholic"
and "food addict" are part of popular lore, some popular diet books
discuss the concept of addiction, and there are food addiction
programs with names like Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous.
Clinicians who work with patients often hear the language of
addiction when individuals speak of irresistible cravings,
withdrawal symptoms when starting a diet, and increasing intake of
palatable foods over time. But what does science show, and how
strong is the evidence that food and addiction is a real and
important phenomenon?
Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook brings scientific
order to the issue of food and addiction, spanning multiple
disciplines to create the foundation for what is a rapidly
advancing field and to highlight needed advances in science and
public policy. The book assembles leading scientists and policy
makers from fields such as nutrition, addiction, psychology,
epidemiology, and public health to explore and analyze the
scientific evidence for the addictive properties of food. It
provides complete and comprehensive coverage of all subjects
pertinent to food and addiction, from basic background information
on topics such as food intake, metabolism, and environmental risk
factors for obesity, to diagnostic criteria for food addiction, the
evolutionary and developmental bases of eating addictions, and
behavioral and pharmacologic interventions, to the clinical, public
health, and legal and policy implications of recognizing the
validity of food addiction. Each chapter reviews the available
science and notes needed scientific advances in the field.
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