Food addiction: Brain Activity Shows Similarities To Drug Addiction - latimes.com

Food addiction: Brain Activity Shows Similarities To Drug Addiction - latimes.com:

"...the brains of subjects who scored higher on the food addiction scale exhibited neural activity similar to that seen in drug addicts, with greater activity in brain regions responsible for cravings and less activity in the regions that curb urges....

Gearhardt says the findings suggest that certain triggers, such as advertisements for food, have not just a psychological, but a physiological, effect on certain people.

'We found that the high food addiction group showed low inhibition....

That's especially significant, she said, when so many processed foods trigger strong reward responses in our brains."