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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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 ...