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Using Best-Worst Scaling to explore the perceived addictiveness of foods by processing level: a cross-sectional study among higher education students in Belgium

Using Best-Worst Scaling to explore the perceived addictiveness of foods by processing level: a cross-sectional study among higher education students in Belgium

Targeting the Hunger Hormone Receptor: Ghrelin Antagonists as Potential Therapeutics for Stress-Induced Binge Eating and Obesity

Targeting the Hunger Hormone Receptor: Ghrelin Antagonists as Potential Therapeutics for Stress-Induced Binge Eating and Obesity

Food Addiction, Eating Motivation, Dietary Knowledge, and Eating Patterns in Young Adults

Food Addiction, Eating Motivation, Dietary Knowledge, and Eating Patterns in Young Adults

Individuals With Food Addiction After Metabolic And Bariatric Surgery Show Higher Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods, Sedentary Lifestyle, Anxiety, and Sub-Optimal Body Weight Trajectories

Individuals With Food Addiction After Metabolic And Bariatric Surgery Show Higher Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods, Sedentary Lifestyle, Anxiety, and Sub-Optimal Body Weight Trajectories

Meal-Specific and Qualitative Patterns of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Adults with Food Addiction and Excess Weight: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Meal-Specific and Qualitative Patterns of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Adults with Food Addiction and Excess Weight: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

The Purpose of Food Processing and Ultra-Processed Food: the Potential, Pitfalls and Path Forward for Public Health

The Purpose of Food Processing and Ultra-Processed Food: the Potential, Pitfalls and Path Forward for Public Health

Food Addiction Debate: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Food Addiction Debate: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Neural correlates of inhibitory control in youth with symptoms of Food Addiction

Hardee, J. E., Phaneuf, C., Cope, L., Zucker, R., Gearhardt, A., & Heitzeg, M. (2020). Neural correlates of inhibitory control in youth with symptoms of food addiction. Appetite, 148, 104578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104578

Validating CRAVED: A Brief Screening Instrument for Ultra-Processed Food Addiction

Validating CRAVED: A Brief Screening Instrument for Ultra-Processed Food Addiction

Associations among executive function, social functioning, emotional states, and eating behavior patterns in young adults

Associations among executive function, social functioning, emotional states, and eating behavior patterns in young adults

Perceived adolescent insecure attachment with mothers and fathers: links with food addiction, eating disorders, and weight status

Perceived adolescent insecure attachment with mothers and fathers: links with food addiction, eating disorders, and weight status

A unified theory of restrictive and addictive eating: a life course model integrating generational transmission, neurodevelopmental risk, and ultra-processed food use disorder—a theoretical review

A unified theory of restrictive and addictive eating: a life course model integrating generational transmission, neurodevelopmental risk, and ultra-processed food use disorder—a theoretical review

Toward a triadic approach in eating disorders: investigating the contribution of the reflexive, affective and interoceptive systems in a clinical data cohort

Toward a triadic approach in eating disorders: investigating the contribution of the reflexive, affective and interoceptive systems in a clinical data cohort

The MotivATE randomized controlled trial: treating food addiction with adapted motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy versus a waitlist control condition

The MotivATE randomized controlled trial: treating food addiction with adapted motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy versus a waitlist control condition

The interplay among stress, smartphone addiction, and Food Addiction in adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Kuzucu, Z., & Yılmaz, S. (2025). The interplay between stress, smartphone addiction, and food addiction in adolescents: a cross-sectional study. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2602202

Alterations in the resting-state functional networks are associated with Food Addiction: an EEG study

Li, YQ., Cai, HT., Li, SQ. et al. Alterations in the resting-state functional networks are associated with Food Addiction: an EEG study. J Eat Disord (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01488-4

Ultra-processed foods consumption associated with Food Addiction in Chilean young adults

Ximena Díaz-Torrente, Carina Valenzuela, Michelle Valenzuela, and Ashley Nicole Gearhardt, Frontiers in Nutrition, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1722589/abstract

Neurocognitive impairments in eating disorders patients with and without comorbid Food Addiction

Munguía L., Granero R., Supit K. et al. Neurocognitive impairments in eating disorders patients with and without comorbid Aood Addiction. J Eat Disord (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01494-6

The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Food Addiction and Internet Addiction in Turkish Adults

Sema Arslan Kabasakal, Ezginur Çelik. The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Food Addiction and Internet Addiction in Turkish Adults. Behav. Psychol. 2025, 33(3), 49435. https://doi.org/10.31083/BP49435

Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Precursors Among Women

Wang C, Du M, Kim H, et al. Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Precursors Among Women. JAMA Oncol. Published online November 13, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.4777

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