Description: The food industry engineers food products with the purpose of addicting consumers. As a result, millions of people are now hooked on sugary, ultra-processed foods that can lead to obesity, loss of vitality, and diabetes. Written by a psychiatrist and food addiction expert, this crucial and essential guide offers a combination of eating disorder and addiction treatment methods to help readers move past addictive behaviors--so they can enjoy a healthy and genuinely rewarding relationship with food.
Brief description: Claire Wilcox, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and addiction psychiatrist, associate professor of translational neuroscience at the Mind Research Network, frequent guest on the Food Junkies podcast, and adjunct faculty at the University of New Mexico. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including a medical weight loss clinic and an eating disorder treatment facility, and she completed an internal medicine residency before her psychiatry residency. She has been awarded National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for her research in addiction neuroscience, and has published numerous academic works, including a textbook on food addiction titled Food Addiction, Obesity, andDisorders of Overeating. She was associate editor of the New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch from 2017-2020, blogs regularly on Psychology Today, and has written for Santa Fe Reporter and Science in the News, among others.
Review Quotes: "This book is a must-read for anyone who wants a healthier relationship with food. Our 'druggified' food supply makes us all vulnerable to the problem of compulsive overconsumption. This practical guide, informed by the latest science and decades of clinical experience, is a tutorial in self-compassion as much as a science-help approach to overeating. I highly recommend."
--Anna Lembke, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation--Anna Lembke, MD