While many people know about alcohol addiction, there’s a similar term gaining attention in the media and in research circles that involves eating: food addiction. It’s a complicated subject that goes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research has found that high-sugar, ultraprocessed foods can be addictive for some people. Doucefleur/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

A national survey found that many adults ages 50–80 meet clinical criteria for addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods.  Middle-aged wome ...

“It was a vicious cycle... I had to re-educate myself,” Lachlan “Lucky” Munro said of his food addiction Lachlan "Lucky" Munro (2) Lachlan “Lucky” Munro struggled with food addiction at an early age ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Maggie Chiang / For The Times) Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new ...

It’s Sunday night, and you’re lying in bed, you reach for your phone and scroll through social media in search of a little escape. An influencer pops up with a “what I eat in a day” post—the ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...