Tossing the baby out with the bathwater after a brief rinse? The potential downside of dismissing food addiction based on limited data

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(2012) Maria Papatriantafyllou   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Evidence that ‘food addiction’ is a valid phenotype of obesity

(2011) Caroline Davis et al.   APPETITE

Can food be addictive? Public health and policy implications

(2011) Ashley N. Gearhardt et al.   ADDICTION

Common cellular and molecular mechanisms in obesity and drug addiction

(2011) Paul J. Kenny   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

How Prevalent is ?Food Addiction??

(2011) Adrian Meule   Frontiers in Psychiatry

Shared brain vulnerabilities open the way for nonsubstance addictions: Carving addiction at a new joint?

(2010) Joseph Frascella et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Behavioral Addictions Debut in Proposed DSM-V

(2010) C. Holden   SCIENCE

Obesity: Is it a mental disorder?

(2009) Marsha D. Marcus et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS

Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake

(2007) Nicole M. Avena et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS