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In the News

2011-11-02 – Press Release
Fatty Foods Addictive as Cocaine in Growing Body of Science

April 12, 2011
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) recognized food as an addiction and adopted this new definition of addiction as a “brain disorder.”

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