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The neurobiological underpinnings of obesity and binge eating: A rationale for adopting the Food Addiction model

Smith DG, Robbins TW. The neurobiological underpinnings of obesity and binge eating: A rationale for adopting the food addiction model. Biol Psychiatry 2013;73(9): 804-10.

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

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

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? Exp Gerontol, 48(10), 1068-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/i.exger.2012.12.005

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

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

Obesity and the brain how convincing is the addiction model?

Ziauddeen, H., Farooqi, I. S., & Fletcher, P. C. (2012). Obesity and the brain: how convincing is the addiction model? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 13(4), 279–286. doi:10.1038/nrn3212

Tossing the baby out with the bathwater after a brief rinse? The potential downside of dismissing Food Addiction based on limited data

Avena, N. M., Gearhardt, A. N., Gold, M. S., Wang, G. J., & Potenza, M. N. (2012). Tossing the baby out with the bathwater after a brief rinse? The potential downside of dismissing food addiction based on limited data. Nat Rev Neurosci, 13(7), 514; author reply 514. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3212-c1

Animal models of sugar and fat bingeing: relationship to Food Addiction and increased body weight

Avena, N.M., Bocarsly, Hobel (2012) Animal Models of sugar and fat bingeing: relationship to to food addiction and increased body weight. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), 829, 351-365 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-458-223

Translational neuroimaging in drug addiction and obesity

Michaelides M, Thanos PK, Volkow ND, Wang GJ. Translational neuroimaging in drug addiction and obesity. Ilar j 2012;53(1): 59-68.

Food and drug cues activate similar brain regions: a meta-analysis of functional MRI studies

Tang, D. W., Fellows, L. K., Small, D. M., & Dagher, A. (2012). Food and drug cues activate similar brain regions: a meta-analysis of functional MRI studies. Physiology & behavior, 106(3), 317—324. https://doi.org/10.1016/i.physbeh.2012.03.009

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

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

Does food addiction exist? A phenomenological discussion based on the psychiatric classification of substance-related disorders and addiction

Albayrak, 0., Wölfle, S. M., & Hebebrand, J. (2012). Does food addiction exist? A phenomenological discussion based on the psychiatric classification of substance-related disorders and addiction. Obes Facts, 5(2), 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1159/000338310

Overlaps in the nosology of substance abuse and overeating: the translational implications of “Food Addiction”

Overlaps in the nosology of substance abuse and overeating: the translational implications of “Food Addiction”

Post-traumatic stress disorder and disordered eating: Food Addiction as self-medication

Brewerton, T. D. (2011). Posttraumatic stress disorder and disordered eating: food addiction as self-medication. J Womens Health (Larchmt), 20(8), 1133-1134. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2011.3050

Sweet preference, sugar addiction and the familial history of alcohol dependence: shared neural pathways and genes

Fortuna JL. (2010). Sweet preference, sugar addiction and the familial history of alcohol dependence: shared neural pathways and genes. J Psychoactive Drugs, 42(2), 147151. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2010.10400687

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