The Neurobiology of "food Addiction" and Its Implications for Obesity Treatment and Policy

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-128

  Carter, Adrian ^a,b   Hendrikse, Joshua ^a   Lee, Natalia ^c   Yücel, Murat ^a   Verdejo Garcia, Antonio ^a   Andrews, Zane ^a   Hall, Wayne ^b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food addiction; Neuroscience; Obesity; Policy; Stigma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE PLUS NALTREXONE; CAFFEINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GHRELIN; LEVODOPA; NALTREXONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE; PHENTERMINE PLUS TOPIRAMATE; SUCRALOSE; SUCROSE;

AFFECT; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BIAS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET THERAPY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERSONALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; STIGMA; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; DRUG EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTHY DIET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; NUTRITION POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENERGY INTAKE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REWARD;

EID: 84978962285     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: 15454312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071715-050909     Document Type: Review

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