“…So-called “food addiction” has been hypothesized to underlie many cases of obesity and eating disorders, which may collectively comprise the most prevalent and deadliest form of addictive behavior (Agh et al, 2016; Fichter & Quadflieg, 2016; Flegal, Kit, Orpana, & Graubard, 2013; Flegal, Kruszon-Moran, Carroll, Fryar, & Ogden, 2016; Hoang, Goldacre, & James, 2014; Kroes, Osei-Assibey, Baker-Searle, & Huang, 2016; Micali et al, 2017; Mitchell, 2016; Olguin et al, 2017; Perez, Ohrt, & Hoek, 2016; Smink, van Hoeken, & Hoek, 2013; Westmoreland, Krantz, & Mehler, 2016). In the United States, ~3 of 4 men and 2 of 3 women were overweight (25<body mass index [BMI]<30) or obese (BMI>30) in 2013–2014, and ~33% of overweight/obese people (and ~54% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity) met diagnostic criteria of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (Flegal et al, 2016; Long, Blundell, & Finlayson, 2015; Pursey, Stanwell, Gearhardt, Collins, & Burrows, 2014).…”