Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook

by Mark S. Gold

Book Overview

Can certain foods hijack the brain in ways similar to drugs and alcohol, and is this effect sufficiently strong to contribute to major diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and hence constitute a public health menace? Terms like "chocoholic" and "food addict" are part of popular lore, some popular diet books discuss the concept of addiction, and there are food addiction programs with names like Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199738165
• ISBN13: 9780199738168
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"