Many People May Attribute Overeating To Food-Based Addiction, Study Indicates.

“Our research found that participants who believed themselves to be ‘food addicts' reduced the amount of time they were exposed to unhealthy foods and ate less as a result. This appears to be because the perception of being a food addict made them concerned about their eating behavior,” study investigator Helen K. Ruddock, of the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, said in a press release.Many attribute overeating, which can lead to obesity, to food-based addiction, but this connection remains controversial in the scientific community because “scientific understanding has not kept pace with the lay public's enthusiasm for the concept of ‘food addiction.'” http://www.endocrinologyadvisor.com/obesity/perception-of-food-addiction-and-eating-behavior/article/495229/