- Title
- Food Addiction: a Deep Dive into ‘Loss of Control’ and ‘Craving’
- Creator
- Whatnall, Megan; Skinner, Janelle A.; Leary, Mark; Burrows, Tracy L.
- Relation
- Current Addiction Reports Vol. 9, Issue 4, p. 318-325
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-022-00431-w
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Purpose of Review: The majority of existing research discusses food addiction (FA) classification, which provides information for different groups and which groups may or may not be affected to differing degrees. Fewer studies report FA symptom scores, and fewer still report on individual symptoms. This paper discusses the symptoms of craving and loss of control as they are common FA symptoms that demonstrate similarities with both substance use disorders and some eating disorder pathology. Recent Findings: Loss of control presents parallels with disordered eating, particularly binge eating disorder. Craving refers to the powerful or strong desire for something and, in contrast to lack of control, presents most overlap with substance use disorders. Summary: While not the most common symptoms reported in published research, loss of control and craving attract attention because of parallels with substance use and eating disorder pathology, and research has increasingly focused on these symptoms in recent years.
- Subject
- food addiction; eating addiction; ultra-processed food addiction; loss of control; craving; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1482147
- Identifier
- uon:50868
- Identifier
- ISSN:2196-2952
- Rights
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Language
- eng
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