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Tying Food Addiction to Uncontrolled Eating: The Roles of Eating-Related Thoughts and Emotional Eating

Rossi AA. Tying Food Addiction to Uncontrolled Eating: The Roles of Eating-Related Thoughts and Emotional Eating. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 21;17(3):369. doi: 10.3390/nu17030369. PMID: 39940227; PMCID: PMC11819927.

Hard stop: reestablishing the significance of abstinence in the treatment of late stage ultra-processed food addiction

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2024 Nov 13;15:1488769. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1488769.

Ultra-Processed Foods and Mental Health: Where Do Eating Disorders Fit into the Puzzle?

Wiss DA, LaFata EM. Ultra-Processed Foods and Mental Health: Where Do Eating Disorders Fit into the Puzzle? Nutrients. 2024 Jun 19;16(12):1955. doi: 10.3390/nu16121955. PMID: 38931309; PMCID: PMC11206753.

Dismantling the myth of “all foods fit” in eating disorder treatment

Brewerton TD, Dennis K, Wiss DA. Dismantling the myth of "all foods fit" in eating disorder treatment. J Eat Disord. 2024 May 17;12(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s40337-024-01017-9. PMID: 38760858; PMCID: PMC11102136.

Editorial: Neurobiology of Food Addiction

Carine Lampert, Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, US, and Marta G. Novelle, Department of Genetics, Physiology, and Microbiology (Unit of Animal Physiology), Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Front. Behav. Neurosci., 05 November 2023, Sec. Motivation and Reward Volume 17 - 2023 | doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1285557

The fructose survival hypothesis for obesity

Johnson, R. J., Lanaspa, M. A., Sanchez-Lozada, L. G., Tolan, D., Nakagawa, T., Ishimoto, T., Andres-Hernando, A., Rodriguez-Iturbe, B., & Stenvinkel, P. (2023). The fructose survival hypothesis for obesity. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 378(1885), 20220230. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0230

Sugar Addiction: Neural Mechanisms and Health Implications

Di Qin, Jiayu Qi, Fuqiang Shi, Zhihua Guo, Hongwu Li; Sugar Addiction: Neural Mechanisms and Health Implications; https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70338

Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction

Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction

The Complicated Relationship between Dieting, Dietary Restraint, Caloric Restriction, and Eating Disorders: Is a Shift in Public Health Messaging Warranted?

The Complicated Relationship between Dieting, Dietary Restraint, Caloric Restriction, and Eating Disorders: Is a Shift in Public Health Messaging Warranted?

Psychological and Neurobiological Correlates of Food Addiction

Kalon, E, Hong, J.Y., Tobin, C, Schulte, T. Psychological and Neurobiological Correlates of Food Addiction Int Rev Neurobiol. 2016 ; 129: 85–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2016.06.003

Association between fasting blood glucose levels and stroke events: a large-scale community-based cohort study from China

Zhang Y, Gu S, Wang C, Liu D, Zhang Q, Yang M, Zhou Z, Zuo H. Association between fasting blood glucose levels and stroke events: a large-scale community-based cohort study from China. BMJ Open. 2021 Aug 18;11(8):e050234. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050234 PMID: 34408054

Associations of Changes in Blood Lipid Concentrations with Changes in Dietary Cholesterol Intake in the Context of a Healthy Low-Carbohydrate Weight Loss Diet: A Secondary Analysis of the DIETFITS Trial

Vergara M, Hauser ME, Aronica L, Rigdon J, Fielding-Singh P, Shih CW, Gardner CD. Associations of Changes in Blood Lipid Concentrations with Changes in Dietary Cholesterol Intake in the Context of a Healthy Low-Carbohydrate Weight Loss Diet: A Secondary Analysis of the DIETFITS Trial. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 4;13(6):1935. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061935 PMID: 34200027

Gut hormones, adipokines, and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines/markers in loss of control eating: A scoping review

Yu Y, Fernandez ID, Meng Y, Zhao W, Groth SW. Gut hormones, adipokines, and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines/markers in loss of control eating: A scoping review. Appetite. 2021 Nov 1;166:105442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105442 Epub 2021 Jun 8. PMID: 34111480

The effects of vitamin D supplementation on glycemic control and maternal-neonatal outcomes in women with established gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Wang M, Chen Z, Hu Y, Wang Y, Wu Y, Lian F, Li H, Yang J, Xu X. The effects of vitamin D supplementation on glycemic control and maternal-neonatal outcomes in women with established gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Nutr. 2021 May;40(5):3148-3157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.12.016 Epub 2020 Dec 21. PMID: 33386179

Current Intervention Treatments for Food Addiction: A Systematic Review

Leary M, Pursey KM, Verdejo-Garcia A, Burrows TL. Current Intervention Treatments for Food Addiction: A Systematic Review. Behav Sci (Basel). 2021 May 23;11(6):80. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11060080PMID: 34071059

Current Intervention Treatments for Food Addiction

Leary, M.; Pursey, K.M.; Verdejo-Garcia, A.; Burrows, T.L. Current Intervention Treatments for Food Addiction: A Systematic Review. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11, 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11060080

Food Addiction and Lifestyle Habits among University Students

Romero-Blanco C, Hernández-Martínez A, Parra-Fernández ML, Onieva-Zafra MD, Prado-Laguna MDC, Rodríguez-Almagro Food Addiction and Lifestyle Habits among University Students. J. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 18;13(4):1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041352 . PMID: 33919610

Association of Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages or Artificially Sweetened Beverages with Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

Zhang YB, Jiang YW, Chen JX, Xia PF, Pan A. Association of Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages or Artificially Sweetened Beverages with Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Adv Nutr. 2021 Mar 31;12(2):374-383. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmaa110 PMID: 33786594

A narrative review of highly processed food addiction across the lifespan

Schiestl, E. T., Rios, J. M., Parnarouskis, L., Cummings, J. R., & Gearhardt, A. N. (2020). A narrative review of highly processed food addiction across the lifespan. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 110152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110152

The concept of Food addiction helps inform the understanding of overeating and obesity: YES

Gearhardt, A.N, & Hebebrand, J. The concept of “food addiction” helps inform the understanding of overeating and obesity: YES. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 113, Issue 2, February 2021, Pages 263–267, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa343

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