Can People Be Addicted to Food?

Study supports theory that they can, just as they can be addicted to drugs, alcohol, smoking

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Story Created: Apr 6, 2011 at 3:29 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Apr 6, 2011 at 3:29 PM AKDT

And some foods, she continued, might be more alluring than others: "We hear of the term 'comfort foods': Those typically are the high-carbohydrate, high-sugar, high-fat foods. They're gonna be looking more and more and more at this and we might see that food is a real addiction right up there with gambling, smoking and drug use."

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