A "strong, positive association" exists between food addiction and type 2 diabetes that is only partially explained by body weight, new data suggest. In a large Danish population-based study, people ...

Eating too many sweet treats or salty snacks may sound like something you’d grow out of, but a sizable proportion of adults over 50 say they can’t say no to highly processed foods, a survey published ...

Like addiction to drugs or alcohol, problematic eating behavior often begins as a way to manage stress, turn up the volume on pleasant emotions (like happiness or comfort), or dampen uncomfortable ...

LONDON — Highly processed foods meet the same criteria as tobacco for addiction, and labeling them as such might benefit public health, according to a new US study that proposes a set of criteria to ...