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Research Notes on Food Addiction

A food addiction is characterized by frequent episodes of uncontrolled eating, or binging, during which a person may feel frenzied or out of control. They will eat much more quickly than is normal, and continue to eat even past the point of being uncomfortably full.

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  • A Food Addiction can lead to serious medical conditions including high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and clinical depression.
  • Approximately 80% of sufferers who seek professional help recover completely or experience significant reduction in their symptoms.
  • Overeating may be attributed to an overeaters' increased tendency to secrete insulin at the sight and smell of food.

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