A study has revealed that viruses present in the gut microbiota may be associated with food addiction and obesity.

Some 12% of the nearly 73 million children and adolescents in the United States today struggle with a similar food addiction, according to research. To be diagnosed, children must meet Yale Food ...

Ultra-processed food makers are under pressure ... much like "big tobacco," alcohol and some pharmaceuticals. "These all have addiction potentials," Saphier said. "They really feed on our natural ...

Compulsive eating and obesity may be triggered by a specific gut bacteria, suggests a new study. The breakthrough may lead to ...

Food addiction is not yet recognised as a mental disorder. Despite this, certain obese individuals clearly display addictive-like behaviour towards food. Food addiction is not yet recognised as a ...

We often think of smoking and drinking when it comes to addiction—but there’s another compulsion affecting as many as 14 percent of adults and even 15 percent of kids: food addiction.

Jelly Roll says his fear of acid reflux prevented him from trying weight loss drugs like Ozempic — and that he has lost about 140 lbs. naturally Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

so far this year. “The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years,” he explains. “I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food ...

This "loss of control over consumption" is one of the behavioural indicators of addiction, according to the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS). YFAS is a 25-point questionnaire based on substance ...