Appetite (RF)

Question 1

What Is food addiction?

Answer 1

where certain foods have a similar effect on the brain and behaviour as addictive substances

Question 2

What is reward-driven eating?

Answer 2

driven to eat by the incentive (reward) value of food

Question 3

What is cue reactivity?

Answer 3

a learned response
where exposure to food cues elicits conditioned responses e.g craving

Question 4

What is one argument for food being as addictive as drugs? (cues)

Answer 4

food and drug cues activate similar brain regions
left amygdala and striatum
nucleus accumbens (important in learning, reward and motivation)

Question 5

What is one argument for food being as addictive as drugs? (dopamine)

Answer 5

food and drugs have similar effects on dopamine function
similar abnormalities in dopamine D2 receptors in striatum (lower amount)

Question 6

What is one argument for food being as addictive as drugs? (DMS-5)

Answer 6

clinical overlap between problematic eating and core features of SUDs
DSM-5 criteria: withdrawal, craving, physical and psychological problems

Question 7

What scale has been used to look at food addiction?

Answer 7

Yale Food addiction scale

Question 8

What is one argument against food being as addictive as drugs? (cues)

Answer 8

cue reactivity does not mean addiction
nucleus accumbens found to be activated when listening to favourite music

Question 9

What is one argument for food being as addictive as drugs? (scale used to measure)

Answer 9

questionnaires used to measure something doesn’t make it a real clinical concept

Question 10

What is one argument for food being as addictive as drugs? (addictive substance)

Answer 10

the addictive substance in food is unknown - some suggest it’s sugar