Food Addiction: Is it a Thing? Implications for Treating Eating Disorders

40 Skokie Blvd,Chicago IL 60062

21 April, 2023

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Friday, April 21 11:00 am CE presentation 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch provided to on-site attendees ---- Food Addiction: Is it a Thing? Implications for Treating Eating Disorders Presented by: Nicole Avena, PhD Learning Objectives: Analyze the latest scientific research on food addiction as it relates to body weight and food cravings.Explain how the criteria for addiction have been identified with processed foods.Discuss the psychology of abstinence from or restriction of processed foods within the context of eating disorder treatments* Earn up to 1 CE Credit ---- Dr. Nicole Avena is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and a Visiting Professor of Health Psychology at Princeton University. She is a research neuroscientist and expert in nutrition, diet, and addiction, focusing on nutrition during early life, pregnancy, and women’s health. She has done groundbreaking work developing models to characterize food addiction and the dangers of excess sugar intake. Her research achievements have been honored by awards from several groups, including the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Psychological Association, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In addition to over 100 peer-reviewed scholarly publications, Dr. Avena has written several books on food and addiction. Her work has been featured in Time Magazine, Bloomberg Business Week, The New York Times, and many other periodicals. Dr. Avena is a member of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. She has the #2 most watched TED-ED Health talk, How Sugar Affects Your Brain, with over 13 million views and counting.