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

June 28, 2026/

Mariya A. Netes, Samson O. Afolabi, Andrei A. Lebedev, Eugenii R. Bychkov, Petr D. Shabanov Ekaterina V. Skorb, and Sergey Shityakov https://doi.org/10.1142/S2737416526500985 From the Abstract: This study looks at how stress and...

Can You Really Be Addicted to Food? Researchers Are Uncovering Convincing Similarities to Drug Addiction

October 10, 2025/

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Dr. Claire Wilcox, psychiatrist, author and researcher at the University of New Mexico, addresses the question in a post for The Conversation. Spoiler alert: “A consensus is emerging that Food Addiction...

Susan Peirce Thompson | The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss

April 27, 2025/

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Susan Peirce Thompson | The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss April 27, 2025 Susan Peirce Thompson | The Science of Sustainable Weight LossFood Addiction Institute01:02:00Interviewed by Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, FAP,...

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High-fat, High-sugar Diet Predicts Poorer Hippocampal-related Memory

January 1, 2024/

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e5b602 3f4ff59f981848e5a54ef23268178b97mv2 Eating foods high in fat and sugar can have negative effects on your brain, especially on the hippocampus, a region involved in memory formation and consolidation. This is...

Editorial: Neurobiology of Food Addiction

November 5, 2023/

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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,...

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The “Addict Brain” Highjacks Our Brains Like a Computer Virus

January 1, 2023/

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The “Addict Brain” Highjacks Our Brains Like a Computer Virus Episode 18: Dr. Paul Early is showcased on the Food Addiction: The Problem and The Solution podcast foodAddication1212 We are...

Sugar Addiction: Neural Mechanisms and Health Implications

January 1, 2023/

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Di Qin, Jiayu Qi, Fuqiang Shi, Zhihua Guo, Hongwu Li; Sugar Addiction: Neural Mechanisms and Health Implications; https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70338 Conclusion: “High-sugar intake stimulates the reward center in the brain, releasing dopamine, which produces a feeling...

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Tolerance and Withdrawal

January 1, 2023/

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Tolerance and Withdrawal One of the criteria for substance use disorder is tolerance, which means that a person needs to consume more of a substance over time to achieve the...

Psychological and Neurobiological Correlates of Food Addiction

September 21, 2021/

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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 Useful background on how FA affects different...

Meeting of Minds around Food Addiction Insights from Addiction Medicine, Nutrition, Psychology, and Neurosciences

November 20, 2020/

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Constant, A., Moirand, R., Thibault, R., & Val-Laillet, D. (2020). Meeting of Minds around Food Addiction: Insights from Addiction Medicine, Nutrition, Psychology, and Neurosciences. Nutrients, 12(11), 3564. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12113564 Behaviorial Neuroscientists...

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