Researchers reveal the most addictive foods

By Susie Burrell
Updated March 20 2015 - 11:23am, first published February 25 2015 - 12:00am

There are foods you cannot seem to stop eating no matter how hard you try, be they ice cream. chocolate or cheese. The concept of food addiction has been employed without a clear definition for some time, with associations made between certain types of food being consumed and the physiological and behavioural effects of drug use, such as increased impulsivity and emotional reactivity as well as specific patterns of brain activity.

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