Role of addiction cannot be ignored in obesity epidemic

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 06:14 in Health & Medicine

The causes of obesity are complex and individual, but it is clear that chronic overeating plays a fundamental role. But when this behaviour becomes compulsive and out of control, it is often classified as 'food addiction' - a label that has generated considerable controversy, according to a McMaster University psychiatrist and obesity researcher...

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