Etiology of Food Addiction

Food addiction is a new topic of focus in the scientific literature. Food intake might be concerned as food addiction in some cases, especially in obese cases and over-eaters. Addiction like behaviours are commonly observed mong these people. Recent animal, epidemiological, clinical and genetic stud...

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Main Authors: Demet Gulec Oyekcin, Artuner Deveci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 2012-06-01
Series:Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
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Online Access:http://www.cappsy.org/archives/vol4/no2/a_cap_04_09.html
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description Food addiction is a new topic of focus in the scientific literature. Food intake might be concerned as food addiction in some cases, especially in obese cases and over-eaters. Addiction like behaviours are commonly observed mong these people. Recent animal, epidemiological, clinical and genetic studies partly shows the clinical validity of food addiction while the neurobiological studies focused on the similarity between the reward systems present in obesity and drug addiction. However some studies still emphasizes the differences between two. The aim of this article was to review clinical and biological aspects of etiological perspectives of food addiction via available clinical, preclinical and genetic studies.
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spelling doaj.art-5b0049f8d7284142a896028f88feb4362024-02-03T06:24:45ZengPsikiyatride Güncel YaklaşımlarPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar1309-06581309-06742012-06-0142138153Etiology of Food AddictionDemet Gulec OyekcinArtuner DeveciFood addiction is a new topic of focus in the scientific literature. Food intake might be concerned as food addiction in some cases, especially in obese cases and over-eaters. Addiction like behaviours are commonly observed mong these people. Recent animal, epidemiological, clinical and genetic studies partly shows the clinical validity of food addiction while the neurobiological studies focused on the similarity between the reward systems present in obesity and drug addiction. However some studies still emphasizes the differences between two. The aim of this article was to review clinical and biological aspects of etiological perspectives of food addiction via available clinical, preclinical and genetic studies.http://www.cappsy.org/archives/vol4/no2/a_cap_04_09.htmlEtiologyfood addictionneurobiology
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title_short Etiology of Food Addiction
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neurobiology
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