Research has linked regularly eating these foods with chronic illnesses and health issues like obesity, Type 2 diabetes and ...

If a well-intentioned colleague brings in a homemade cake to celebrate a birthday, are you someone who can enjoy a slice and then move on with your day? Or are you someone who, faced with the sight, ...

There are few blisses greater than diving into a bag full of chips or munching on candy. There might be a good reason for that: According to a new study from the British Medical Journal by researchers ...

Food addiction is the idea that individuals can experience addiction-like behaviors in response to the consumption of certain foods. 1 Food addiction is thought to be severe in some cases—similar to ...

(THE CONVERSATION) People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked ...

Is it possible to be “addicted” to eating unhealthy food? Yes, says a group of doctors and scientists who are going against mainstream medical advice to declare a provocative new way to think about ...

About 1 in 8 Americans over 50 struggle with an unhealthy relationship with highly processed food that goes well beyond the occasional binge or midnight snack, according to a recent poll. Known as ...

In early April, prominent National Institutes of Health nutrition scientist Kevin Hall took early retirement at the age of 54, citing administrative censorship as the main reason. Why? One of his ...

If you struggle with out-of-control eating, there’s a good chance that you also have a history of romantic relationships that don’t work out well or that don’t truly satisfy you. Perhaps you have a ...