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875 – Can Food Be An Addiction? a Recent Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

L. Castro ,
E. Conceição ,
A.R. Vaz ,
E. Osório ,
I. Brandão ,
A.J. Bastos-Leite  and
P.P. Machado
L. Castro
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Magalhães Lemos, Porto School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga
E. Conceição
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga
A.R. Vaz
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga
E. Osório
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de São João Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
I. Brandão
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de São João Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
A.J. Bastos-Leite
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
P.P. Machado
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga

Abstract

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Introduction

Binge eating shares some similar clinical features with addictive disorders, such as impulsivity, altered reward sensitivity, and compulsive behavior. Some authors support the concept of food addiction for both conditions, whereas others argue against it.

Objectives

To review arguments in favor or against the concept of food addiction, and its relation with bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.

Aims

To discuss and explore the concept of food addiction, and how it may be related to bulimic-type behaviors.

Methods

MEDLINE and PubMed databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies undertaking analyses of evidence in favor or against the concept of food addiction, published between 2000 and 2012, by using combinations of the Medline Subject Heading terms addictive behavior and bulimia.

Results

Several arguments in favor of the concept of addictive properties of food are present in many of the reviewed articles. However, many differences between substance addiction disorders and the so-called “behavioral addictions” are reported in the literature, underlining different neurobiological, psychological, and environmental mechanisms.

Conclusions

There is no consensus in the current literature regarding the concept of food addiction. Further studies concerning the issue are, therefore, warranted.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E330
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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