Compulsive Eating Behavior and Food Addiction: Emerging Pathological Constructs

Compulsive eating behavior is a pathological form of feeding that phenotypically and neurobiologically resembles compulsive-like behavior associated with both drug abuse and behavioral addictions. Compulsive eating behavior, including Binge Eating Disorder (BED), certain forms of obesity, and 'food addiction' affect an estimated 70 million individuals worldwide. Compulsive Eating Behavior and Food Addiction: Emerging Pathological Constructs is the first book of its kind to emphasize food addiction as an addictive disorder. This book focuses on preclinical aspects of food addiction research, shifting the focus towards a more complex behavioral expression of pathological feeding combining with the current research on neurobiological substrates. This book will become an invaluable reference for researchers in food addiction and compulsive eating constructs. Synthesizes clinical and preclinical perspectives on addictive eating behaviorIdentifies how food addiction is similar/different from other addictionsFocuses on underlying neurobiological mechanismsProvides information on therapeutics interventions for patients with food addiction INDICE: 1. Preface2. A history of food addiction3. Food addiction prevalence: development and validation of diagnostic tools4. Dissecting compulsivity in eating behavior5. Habitual eating in feeding and eating disorders 6. Reward deficits in compulsive eating7. The dark side of compulsive eating 8. Inhibitory control dysfunctions in compulsive eating  9. Personality trait associations with food addiction10. Genetics and epigenetics of food addiction 11. Animal models used to study the addictive properties of food 12. Neuroimaging of compulsive disorders: Similarities of food addiction with drug and behavioral addictions13. Addressing controversies surrounding food addiction14. Sex and gender differences in compulsive overeating15. Potential therapeutic targets for compulsive eating

• ISBN: 978-0-12-816207-1
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés