date:Jan 28, 2014
a compulsive pattern of eating that is similar to drug addictionand this in turn was associated with obesity.
The notion of food addiction is a very new one, and one that has generated a lot of interest, explained MacKillop. My lab generally studies alcohol, nicotine and other forms of drug addiction, but we think it's possible to think about impulsivity, food addiction and obesity using some of the same techniques.
Study details
The study used two different scales, the Yale Food Addiction Sc