Summary

• Food addiction is a relatively young field, and so many treatments are still in the experimentation phase.

• These include antidepressants, antipsychotics, opioid antagonists and agonists, cannabinoid antagonists, dopamine antagonists and agonists, and gabanergic drugs as well.

• Further, given that disordered eating is often an ingrained behavior as a form of self-medication due to underlying comorbid negative emotional states, it should be noted that behavior modification may be needed in addition to pharmaceutical interventions.

• It is unsurprising then that therapeutic modalities such as DBT, CBT, CBT-gsh, and IBT have been suggested to be beneficial in the treatment of food addiction and obesity.

• Finally, it may be time to consider a reevaluation of societal norms with regard to food including such factors as advertising and government subsidies.

• While these efforts are not expected to cure obesity, binge eating, or food addiction, they may help to reduce their prevalence and aid prevention efforts.

GO TO TEST on Treatment of Food Addiction