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Food addiction

A food addiction or eating addiction is any behavioral addiction characterized primarily by the compulsive consumption of palatable and hyperpalatable food items, and potentially also sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Such foods often have high sugar, fat, and salt contents (HFSS), and markedly activate the reward system in humans and other animals.…

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Food addiction

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples51
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
Components1

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Food addiction

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related to Description · 17
Food addiction → Alcohol, American, As, Behavior, Binge, Food, In, It, Parylak, People, Physiology, Quarterly Journal, Studies, The, Theron Randolph, These, This
related to Prognosis · 5
Food addiction → BED, Due, In, Left, Those
related to Signs and symptoms · 5
Food addiction → Common, Emotional, Hiding, Other, There
related to External links · 4
Food addiction → Food, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
has effect · 3
Food addiction → Food, Obesity, Other
related to Epidemiology · 3
Food addiction → As, Ireland, United States
instance of · 1
Food addiction → dental appliances

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food eating addiction compulsive may foods binge overeating consumption disorder also treatment behavior obesity control due overeaters often sugar signs

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eating in secretinstance ofHiding consumption of food includes behaviors0.80text
eating late at nightinstance ofHiding consumption of food includes behaviors0.80text
eating in a vehicleinstance ofHiding consumption of food includes behaviors0.80text
and hiding certain foods until ready to consume in privateinstance ofHiding consumption of food includes behaviors0.80text
walkabilityinstance ofand also social and environmental conditions0.80text
access to diverse foodsinstance ofand also social and environmental conditions0.80text
conventional jaw wiringinstance ofdental appliances0.80text
orthodontic wiring have been shown to be efficient methods of weight control in obese patientsinstance ofdental appliances0.80text
with a low incidence of serious complications.Several twelve-step programs exist to help members recover from compulsive overeatinginstance ofdental appliances0.80text
food addictioninstance ofdental appliances0.80text
such as Overeaters Anonymous.The Ontario Health Insurance Plan has announced a new program designed to assist individuals struggling with food addictioninstance ofdental appliances0.80text
BEDinstance offood addiction can lead to chronic conditions and eventually death.In an individual diagnosed with an eating disorder0.80text

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