Treating Food Addiction Book 1: The Basics: Nature, Assessment and Principles of Treatment

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Quietly and without fanfare, overweight and obese people, as well as some “normal weight” people, have been identifying themselves as food addicted … and they are recovering from their addiction to food! In the early 60’s, some people began to recognize that they were eating compulsively because they were chemically dependent on specific foods, just as alcoholics were dependent on alcohol. Further, these people learned that they could treat their compulsive overeating as alcoholics had learned to treat their alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous.