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Food Addiction
Food addiction, sometimes termed as eating addiction, is a behavioral problem that can be triggered by stress, depression and anxiety, it is a coping mechanism for those dealing with it. With that, people with a food addiction find comfort in eating carbohydrate-laden items such as breads, pastas, and sweets. A food addict oftentimes views food as a way to reward themselves and to cope with whatever they are going through. This addictive behavior is not biological, one cannot develop a trait that codes for an eating disorder, so it can only be diagnosed through a series of questions called the YFAS questionnaire, a diagnostic criteria of substance dependence.

At first, the food addiction comes in the form of cravings, so a person is naturally caught unawares when suddenly they find that they cannot cope without the craving .The person’s behavior then begins to shift when the need for more food is not met, in that when the urge is met, binge eating, obesity and bulimia can result as a consequence. To show this, a study done by Sara Parylak and her peers in the physiology and behavior journal reveals that animal models given free access to food became more emotionally withdrawn after the food was taken away from them due to the anxiogenic-like stimuli pestering them for more food. This kind of behavior shows that food addiction is not only a self control problem, but that it goes deeper than that, it is the body controlling a person to the point where the individual has no say on what goes into their bodies despite of all the consequences that can come from overeating.