Can you be addicted to food? With Ashley Gearhardt, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Is Food and Eating as Addicts Stigmatizing Weight?
Ma, do you worry that talking about food and eating as an addictive behavior might increase the stigma around weight and obesity? Absolutely so. A the institute where i got trained was the a red center for food policy and obesity at yale. And actuallyour researches found that it's either neutral and doesn't increase stigma, or, if anything, it might reduce stigma towards individuals with higher weight.
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