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Food Addiction - Olean Times Herald
Overeating during the holidays and New Year’s may now be in the rearview mirror. But that doesn’t necessarily make losing or maintaining weight easier for everyone — even if you resolved to make healthier food choices. It may be a tough work to keep a healthy weight and diet. For some people, it can be especially difficult.
A 2013 study from the nonprofit Public Library of Science found that about one in 20 people (5% of the general population) met the criteria for food addiction. Whether you’ve heard people claiming to be “junk-food junkies,” “chocoholics” or even needing a “sugar fix,” food addiction can be quite serious.
More than an impulse
Food addiction is characterized by seeking the foods or food behaviors that we are addicted to, eating or doing them compulsively, and having great difficulty controlling those urges despite harmful consequences, according to the Food Addiction Institute.
Overeating during the holidays and New Year’s may now be in the rearview mirror. But that doesn’t necessarily make losing or maintaining weight easier for everyone — even if you resolved to make healthier food choices. It may be a tough work to keep a healthy weight and diet. For some people, it can be especially difficult.
A 2013 study from the nonprofit Public Library of Science found that about one in 20 people (5% of the general population) met the criteria for food addiction. Whether you’ve heard people claiming to be “junk-food junkies,” “chocoholics” or even needing a “sugar fix,” food addiction can be quite serious.
More than an impulse
Food addiction is characterized by seeking the foods or food behaviors that we are addicted to, eating or doing them compulsively, and having great difficulty controlling those urges despite harmful consequences, according to the Food Addiction Institute.