According to learning‐based models of behavior, food cue reactivity and craving are
conditioned responses that lead to increased eating and subsequent weight gain. However …

During the past 30 yr, investigating the physiology of eating behaviors has generated a truly
vast literature. This is fueled in part by a dramatic increase in obesity and its comorbidities …

Binge eating disorder (BED) shares many characteristics with addictive behaviors (eg,
diminished control, continued use despite negative consequences), and a body of scientific …

Research has focused on understanding how overeating can affect brain reward
mechanisms and subsequent behaviors, both preclinically and in clinical research settings …

Change your lifestyle: decrease your energy intake and increase your energy expenditure,
is what obesity experts tell people who need to lose weight. Though the advice might be …

Objective: Binge eating involves an abnormal motivation for highly palatable food in that
these foods are repeatedly consumed despite their binge‐triggering effects and life‐affecting …

Animals use current, past, and projected future states of the organism and the world in a
finely tuned system to control ingestion. They must not only deal effectively with current …

Background Food addiction may play a role in rising obesity rates in connection with
obesogenic environments and processed food availability, however the concept of food …

The food addiction construct posits that vulnerable individuals may experience an addictive-
like response to certain foods, such as those high in fat and refined carbohydrates. Recently …

Body weight is determined via both metabolic and hedonic mechanisms. Metabolic
regulation of body weight centres around the 'body weight set point', which is programmed …