"Help Me, Doctor! I’m Addicted to Food!"
By Kari Anderson DBH, CEDS-S on June 18, 2019 in Food, Body, Love
Treating binge eating like a "food addiction" can cause more harm than good. Here's why—and what type of help works best, according to the evidence.
Never has food and weight evoked such emotion and been such a moral issue. As part of the “war on obesity” some have blamed food addiction as the cause of increasing weight of Americans—and sugar is being compared to Big Tobacco.
There are even grumblings of a class action suit against food industry giants who include this “addictive” substance in their products. Meanwhile, the focus on obesity perpetuates bias against larger bodies which—combined with messaging that certain foods are dangerous and addictive—fuels food phobia that contributes to increasing rates of eating disorders.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/food-body-love/201906/help-me-doctor-i-m-addicted-food