Chapter 7 Food addiction and self-regulation

Commonalities in the biobehavioral determinants of ingestive behavior and psychoactive drug addiction have given rise to the concept of food addiction (FA). This chapter examines the relationship between FA and diverse of self-regulation, often also referred to as impulsivity. Consistent evidence was present for statistically significant, medium-to-large magnitude associations between FA and deficits in emotional regulation, often measured as …