Food & Addiction A Comprehensive Handbook Second Edition

Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook, Second Edition brings scientific order to the issue of food and addiction, spanning multiple disciplines to create the foundation for what is a rapidly advancing field and to highlight needed advances in science and public policy. It assembles leading scientists and policy makers from fields such as nutrition, addiction, psychology, epidemiology, and public health to explore and analyze the scientific evidence on the addictive properties of food. It provides complete and comprehensive coverage of all subjects pertinent to food and addiction, from how the brain processes food reward and the role of the gut-microbiome in addictive eating, to diagnostic criteria for food addiction, the contribution of industry tactics to the creation of addictive foods, and behavioral, neurological, and pharmacologic interventions, as well as the clinical, public health, legal, and policy implications of recognizing the validity of food addiction. Each chapter reviews the available science and notes needed scientific advances in the field.

• Provides a scoping review of the most ground-breaking science connecting food and addiction from the top scientists in the field
• Offers an interdisciplinary overview of the topic of food and addiction ranging from basic scientists to clinicians to policy experts to the lived experience of people living with food addiction
• Sums up the rapidly evolving science on the topic of food and addiction and outlines the next steps needed to advance our knowledge and enact change to reduce human suffering associated with food and addiction