http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Research presented today shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioural reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine. These results, presented by addiction expert Francesco Leri, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Guelph, suggest food addiction could explain, at least partly, the current global obesity epidemic. These results were presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience - Association Canadienne des Neurosciences (CAN-ACN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-addiction-unhealthy-foods-global-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:35 EST news288434969 Why do we overeat and consume more calories than we need? Is food our way of rewarding ourselves, and can stress make us want to eat more? These are just some of the questions a European food study aims to answer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-behaviour.html Neuroscience Mon, 06 May 2013 05:53:53 EST news287038420 (Medical Xpress)—In the first studies to examine what the public thinks about people with an addiction to food, researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale found that while this addiction is less vulnerable to public stigma than others, it could increase the stigma already associated with obesity. The studies are published online in the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-food-addicts-stigmatized.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:24:53 EST news279361484 (HealthDay)—Paul Garcia, 54, came from a family that loved to eat. "We always had a lot of food at home, and whenever we ate, it was like a feast," said Garcia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-texas-bariatric-surgery-diabetes-free-life.html Diabetes Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:40:01 EST news276528010 (Medical Xpress)—A similar, insidious craving plagues all addicts, no matter the substance of choice. A new study published in NeuroImage from Center for BrainHealth scientists Dr. Francesca Filbey, assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and doctoral student Samuel DeWitt has found that for binge-eaters, as with all addiction sufferers, the compulsion to overeat is rooted in the brain's reward center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-overeating-aid-obesity-metabolic-psychological.html Neuroscience Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:50:01 EST news273136534 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists investigate whether food addiction should be classed as a mental disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-food-addiction-similar-terms-drug.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:53:52 EST news266223221 Overweight and obese individuals can achieve a decade's worth of important health benefits by losing just 20 pounds, even if they regain the weight later that decade, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention. With a focus on psychology's role in overcoming the national obesity epidemic, the session also examined research that indicates foods high in sugar and fat could have addictive properties. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-modest-weight-loss-health-benefits.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:44:52 EST news263148286 A small group of scientists gathered last week at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study to share ideas about a medical mystery: the increasing evidence that some types of weight loss surgery affect not just the stomach, but the brain as well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-alcohol-abuse-weight-loss-surgery.html Addiction Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:29:42 EST news262949368 Variety is considered the "spice of life," but does today's unprecedented level of dietary variety help explain skyrocketing rates of obesity? Some researchers think it might. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-food-physiologically-drug-choice.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:57:59 EST news230299064 Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can become dependent on highly palatable foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to the behaviors we observe in drug addicts and those with alcoholism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-evidence-food-addiction-humans.html Addiction Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:50:45 EST news229657824