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Authors of Food Addiction Module
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Introduction to Food Addiction
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Epidemiology of Obesity, Binge Eating, and Food Addictions
- Obesity—is it really a problem?
- What is Binge Eating?
- How can something that sustains life be considered addictive?
- What is the correlation between binge eating and obesity?
- What evidence from animal studies supports the concept of food addiction?
- What evidence of food addiction exists in humans?
- How common is food addiction in obese individuals?
- Summary
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Genetic, Cultural, and Environment in Obesity, Food Addiction, & Binge Eating
- What factors have been postulated to be involved in obesity and binge eating?
- What additional psychiatric illnesses have been suggested as co-morbid states?
- What is the role of genetics in food addiction?
- What is the thrifty genotype hypothesis?
- What is the developmental origin hypothesis of food addictions?
- What cultural factors influence obesity?
- What cultural factors challenge food addiction and its inclusion in DSM-V?
- What is the classic stigma of obesity and why might this not be true?
- Summary of Genetic, Cultural, and Environmental Factors
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Childhood, Adolescence, Obesity, and Food Addiction
- Why are childhood and adolescence high risk times for addiction of any kind?
- What is different about the teen brain?
- How does an adolescent brain work?
- Are childhood and adolescent obesity really problems?
- What is the prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity/disordered eating?
- What is Portion Distortion?
- What preventive measures are being put into place for childhood and adolescent obesity
- What efforts is the government making to reduce childhood obesity?
- Summary-Childhood, Adolescence, Obesity, and Food Addiction
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Neurobiology of Food Addiction
- What area of the brain is thought to be malfunctioning in obese, food-addicted patients?
- What types of food are thought to be particularly problematic in food addiction?
- Is there cross-sensitization between addictive foods and addictive drugs?
- What particular neurotransmitter is most implicated in food addiction?
- What controls eating behavior?
- What regions of the brain are most implicated in food addiction?
- How does the brain signal for satiety and how is taste/texture involved?
- What is the role of the hypothalamus in this interaction with reward circuitry?
- What neurotransmitters are implicated in this process?
- What role does craving play?
- What is the role of stress in addiction (including food addiction)?
- Summary: Neurobiology of Food Addiction
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Diagnosing Food Addiction
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Treatment of Food Addiction
- What is the treatment for food addiction?
- What sorts of treatments have been suggested for food addictions?
- What pharmaceutical treatments for disordered eating may be useful for food addiction?
- What Pharmacologic Treatments Might Alter Neurocircuits Involved in Food Addiction?
- What are some of the potential risks of treatments targeting the neurocircuits?
- What sorts of non-pharmaceutical therapies have been suggested?
- What sort of surgical alternatives exist and do they work?
- Summary of Treatment of Food Addiction
- What Social Changes are Needed?
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