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Hooked
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our relationship with food in 2007. And when she invited people to her laboratory to talk about food she made a remarkable discovery.
The stories people told sounded incredibly similar to those told by people addicted to drugs or alcohol. They talked about powerful cravings and how impossible it seemed to give up eating certain foods. They even spoke of dropping out of their social lives to try and get away from the foods they craved.
Here’s the key message: Science is just beginning to understand how our brains respond to food.
Gearhardt decided to run some tests. She put together a survey that asked respondents whether they agreed with statements like “I eat much more of certain foods than I planned” and “I feel sad or nervous when I stop eating certain foods.” Ultimately Gearhardt concluded that a whopping 15 percent of the American population met the criteria for being addicted to food. What’s more most of them were severely addicted. These people were overconsuming certain typ