Blumenthal, D. M., & Gold, M. S. (2010). Neurobiology of Food Addiction. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care, 13(4), 359-365. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCO.Ob013e32833ad4d4
Summary: First, work presented in this review strongly supports the notion that food addiction is a real phenomenon. Second, although food and drugs of abuse act on the same central networks, food consumption is also regulated by peripheral signaling systems, which adds to the complexity of understanding how the body regulates eating, and of treating pathological eating habits. Third, neurobiological research reviewed here indicates that traditional pharmacological and behavioral interventions for other substance-use disorders may prove useful in treating obesity.