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If Sugar is Addictive, What Does it Mean for the Law?

Gearhardt, A., Roberts, M., & Ashe, M. (2013). If Sugar is Addictive... What Does it Mean for the Law? Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 41(S1) 46-49, https://doi.org/10.1111/jlme.12038

Exploration of “Food Addiction” in overweight and obese treatment-seeking adults

Eichen, D. M., et al. (2013). Exploration of "food addiction" in overweight and obese treatment-seeking adults. Appetite, 67, 22–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.03.008

Does a Shared Neurobiology for Foods and Drugs of Abuse Contribute to Extremes of Food Ingestion in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa?

Kaye, W. H., Wierenga, C. E., Bailer, U. F., Simmons, A. N., Wagner, A., & Bischoff-Grethe, A. (2013). Does a shared neurobiology for foods and drugs of abuse contribute to extremes of food ingestion in anorexia and bulimia nervosa?. Biological psychiatry, 73(9), 836–842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.002

The addictive dimensionality of obesity

Volkow, N. D., Wang, G. J., Tomasi, D., & Baler, R. D. (2013). The addictive dimensionality of obesity. Biological psychiatry, 73(9), 811—818. htt s: doi.or 10.1016 •.bio s ch.2012.12.020

Validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale among a weight-loss surgery population

Clark, S. M., & Saules, K. K. (2013). Validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale among a weight-loss surgery population. Eat Behav, 14(2), 216–219.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.01.002

An examination of food addiction in a racially diverse sample of obese patients with binge eating disorder in primary care settings

Gearhardt, A. N., et al. (2013). An examination of food addiction in a racially diverse sample... Comp Psychiatry, 54(5), 500–505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.009

Food Addiction in adults seeking weight loss treatment. Implications for psychosocial health and weight loss

Brunault, P., Salamé, E., Jaafari, N., Courtois, R., Réveillère, C., Silvain, C., Benyamina, A., Blecha, L., Belin, D., & Ballon, N. (2015). Why do liver transplant patients so often become obese? The addiction transfer hypothesis. Med Hypotheses, 85(1), 68-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2015.03.026

Food addiction: Detox and abstinence reinterpreted?

Shriner, R. L. (2013). Food addiction: detox and abstinence reinterpreted? Experimental Gerontology, 48(10), 1068-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2012.12.005

Food Addiction detox and abstinence reinterpreted?

Shriner, R. L. (2013). Food addiction: detox and abstinence reinterpreted? Exp Gerontol, 48(10), 1068-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/i.exger.2012.12.005

The Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Therapy and Short- and Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy on Self-Concept During a 3-Year Follow-Up

Lindfors, O., Knekt, P., Virtala, E., Laaksonen, M. A., & Helsinki Psychotherapy Study Group. (2012). The Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Therapy and Short- and Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy on Self-Concept During a 3-Year Follow-Up. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(11), 946–953. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182718c6b

The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Obesity and Binge Eating: A Rationale for Adopting the Food Addiction Model

Smith, D. G., & Robbins, T. W. (2013). The neurobiological underpinnings of obesity and binge eating: a rationale for adopting the food addiction model. Biological Psychiatry, 73(9), 804–810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.08.026

The drive to eat comparisons and distinctions between mechanisms of food reward and drug addiction

DiLeone, R., Taylor, J. & Picciotto, M. The drive to eat: comparisons and distinctions between mechanisms of food reward and drug addiction. Nat Neurosci 15, 1330–1335 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3202

Obesity and addiction: neurobiological overlaps

Volkow, N. D., Wang, G. J., Tomasi, D., & Baler, R. D. (2013). Obesity and addiction: neurobiological overlaps. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 14(1), 2-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01031.x

Can Food and Addiction Change the Game?

Gearhardt, A. N., & Brownell, K. D. (2013). Can food and addiction change the game? Biol Psychiatry, 73(9), 802–803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.07.024

Food addiction and body-mass-index: A non-linear relationship

Meule, A. (2012). Food addiction and body-mass-index: a non-linear relationship. Medical Hypotheses, 79 (4), 508–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2012.07.005

Factor Structure and Item Analysis of the Yale Food Addiction Scale in Obese Candidates for Bariatric Surgery

Meule, A., Heckel, D., & Kübler, A. (2012). Factor structure and item analysis of the Yale Food Addiction Scale in obese candidates for bariatric surgery. European Eating Disorders Review, 20(5), 419–422. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2189

Factor Structure and Item Analysis of the Yale Food Addiction Scale in Obese Candidates for Bariatric Surgery

Meule, A., Heckel, D., & Kübler, A. (2012). Factor structure and item analysis of the Yale Food Addiction Scale in obese candidates for bariatric surgery. European Eating Disorders Review, 20(5), 419–422. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2189

Rationale and consequences of reclassifying obesity as an addictive disorder: neurobiology, food environment and social policy perspectives

Allen, P. J., Batra, P., Geiger, B. M., Wommack, T., Gilhooly, C., & Pothos, E. N. (2012). Rationale and consequences of reclassifying obesity as an addictive disorder: neurobiology, food environment and social policy perspectives. Physiology & behavior, 107(1), 126—137. https://doi.org/10.1016/i.physbeh.2012.05.005

Further developments in the neurobiology of food and addiction: Update on the state of the science

Nicole M. Avena, Jessica A. Gold, Cindy Kroll, Mark S. Gold, Further developments in the neurobiology of food and addiction: Update on the state of the science, Nutrition, Volume 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-343, ISSN 0899-9007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2011.11.002. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900711004096)

Dual roles of dopamine in food and drug seeking: the drive-reward paradox

Wise R. A. (2013). Dual roles of dopamine in food and drug seeking: the drive-reward paradox. Biological psychiatry, 73(9), 819—826. https://doi.org/10.1016/i.biopsych.2012.09.001

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