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Celebrity fitness trainer Jackie Warner is back on Bravo, but in a new light. Unlike her previous series "Work Out," in which her professional life was exposed to sometimes emotionally charged and personal levels, Jackie is ready to get back to basics with fitness training and changing lives in "Thintervention."
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Compulsive eating has been described as a type of addiction since excessive overeating can affect the same reward system in the brain that is altered by substance abuse. Although compulsive eating is not currently classified as a distinct psychiatric disorder, recent research has not only revealed that compulsive eating shares similar characteristics with alcohol and drug addictions, but clinical treatment methods for compulsive drug disorders may also help treat compulsive eating behavior.
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A study published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that chocolate-craving mice are ready to tolerate electric shocks to get their fix. Rossella Ventura worked with a team of researchers from the Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, to study the links between stress and compulsive food-seeking.
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Shay Sorrells, a former contestant on the reality television show “The Biggest Loser,” suffers from a food addiction and was able to lose 100 pounds during her nine-week run on the show. Although she was eliminated from the show, her amazing weight loss—she lost 17 pounds during her last week on the show—set a new record for women on the show.
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An international study found that a variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity. This research adds to the evidence that genes influence appetite and that the brain plays a role in obesity.
Robert Kaplan, PhD., associate professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University helped direct the international study, which involved 34 research institutions. Dr. Kaplan and colleagues found that people who have inherited the gene variant NRXN3 have a 10-15 percent increased risk of being obese compared with people who do not have the variant.
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By Leslie Thompson
For millions of Americans food is simply seen as a necessity of life–you eat for energy when your body needs to refuel. However, for others eating is a compulsion; a quick fix to an underlying problem. In fact, for many there lies a deep and troubling association with food, something people can’t even imagine: addiction. Food addiction is a serious and growing problem, one that is becoming more and more prevalent each day.
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