Want Some Fries With That?
The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Volume 1, Number 3, November 2013
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/catrv1n3/
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
Topics: Addiction | Research Updates
The possibility that food can be addicting has been getting some serious attention in recent years (see for example Gearhardt AN et al, J Addict Med 2009;3(1):1–7). The idea isn’t half-baked: food and other natural rewards, like sex, activate the same brain regions that are hijacked by drugs of abuse.
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