Research Suggests That Clinical Symptoms Of Food Addiction Are Similar To Symptoms Of Drug Addiction

Research Suggests That Clinical Symptoms Of Food Addiction Are Similar To Symptoms Of Drug Addiction

Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can become dependent on highly palatable foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to the behaviors we observe in drug addicts and those with alcoholism.