food addiction
Uncontrollable eating urges
Food addiction describes a compulsive relationship with eating, where someone feels unable to control consumption despite negative consequences.
The term borrows from substance abuse models—cravings, tolerance, withdrawal, failed attempts to cut back.
Whether food addiction constitutes a true addiction like alcoholism remains debated among researchers, but the experience feels real to those who describe it: She joined a support group for food addiction.
The concept often centers on highly processed foods engineered for palatability.
- bingeBout of excess
- binge eatingExcessive uncontrolled food intake
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
emotional eating · comfort eating · sugar · sugar rush · emotional · comfort · withdrawal · dopamine · obsession · guilt · shame · purge · secret · midnight · late night snacking · fridge · trigger · stress
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- addictionsalcoholism, gambling, substance abuse, workaholism, alcohol abuse
- eating psychologyemotional eating, comfort eating, stress eating, intuitive eating, mindful eating
- overeatingovereating, binge eating, gorging, gluttony, overindulgence
food addictionintuitive eating
Diet-free body-responsive eating
mindful eating · healthy eating · balanced diet · moderation · nutritional balance
food addictionanorexia nervosa
Pathological food restriction disorder
anorexia · self-starvation · food aversion · undereating · orthorexia
food addictionself-control
Ability to restrain impulses
abstinence · sobriety · recovery · willpower
food, foods, foodie, foodies, foodstuff, foodstuffs, feeding, fodder, addiction