The Addiction Potential of Hyperpalatable Foods
Scientific interest in “food addiction” continues to grow due both to neurobiological and behavioral similarities between substance dependence and excessive food consumption. An important next step is to examine the addictive potential of highly processed foods. In this
paper, we explore addiction-related changes in the modern food environment (e.g., increased potency, elevated speed of absorption), examine the historical and modern understanding of addictive substances as applied to hyperpalatable foods, and outline shared factors that increase the public
health costs of both addictive drugs and certain foods.
Keywords: Cocaine; Food addiction; Rats; food environment; high fructose corn syrup; obesity; processing; public health; substance dependence; withdrawal
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 September 2011
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