NEW YORK, Oct 11 ― Is it possible to become addicted to processed foods like potato chips and candy in the same way as nicotine? This controversial idea is the subject of a...
Trial: Bank Negara analyst stands by 1MDB’s US$20m trail to Najib even without Prince Faisal’s Saudi bank statementResearchers estimate that ultra-processed food addiction may occur in 14 per cent of adults and 12 per cent of children.
“There is converging and consistent support for the validity and clinical relevance of food addiction,” said Ashley Gearhardt, the article’s corresponding author and a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, quoted in a news release. “By acknowledging that certain types of processed foods have the properties of addictive substances, we may be able to help improve global health.
“Behaviours around ultra-processed food, which are high in refined carbohydrates and added fats, may meet the criteria for diagnosis of substance use disorder in some people. Those behaviours include less control over intake, intense cravings, symptoms of withdrawal, and continued use despite such consequences as obesity, binge-eating disorder, poorer physical and mental health, and lower quality of life,” the researchers state.
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