Dr. Ifland is the lead author of the first scholarly description of processed food addiction and addictive foods (2009). Her textbook is Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery (2018). She founded The Addiction Reset Community (ARC) as the first online recovery program (2018), ARC Manager Training (2020), and the Food Addiction Recovery Advocate (FARA) Certification (2021). PhD in addictive nutrition from Union Institute and University (2010); MBA from Stanford (1978) and BA from Oberlin College (1974).