Study Review Category: Study Reviews

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

April 28, 2013

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,

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

March 25, 2013

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 From the study’s results: “Most were

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

February 4, 2013

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

The Addictive Dimensionality of Obesit

January 31, 2013

Volkow, N. D., Wang, G. J., Tomasi, D., & Baler, R. D. (2013). The addictive dimensionality of obesity. Biological Psychiatry, 73(9), 811–818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.12.020 From the research article’s

The addictive dimensionality of obesity

January 28, 2013

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

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

January 24, 2013

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 From

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

January 15, 2013

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 From the clinical study’s results: