title: [Is nutritional obesity a substance use disorder?]
abstract: Today, food addiction has become an increasing area of research. Multiple studies aim to characterize individuals in terms of food addiction based on the assumption, that hyperpalatable foods rich of salt, sugar and fat may induce a cluster of behavioral changes that may resemble a substance use disorder, despite the fact that to date there is no evidence, that nutritional factors lead to an addictive eating-like behavior in humans. In this review article, we aim to introduce the basic experiments, that build the framework upon which food addiction is being investigated and to critically discuss the concept of food addiction.
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Zwaan
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*