Food Addiction, Obesity, and Disorders of Overeating: An Evidence-Based Assessment and Clinical Guid

INTRODUCTION Obesity, Eating Disorders and Food Addiction: Towards a Synthesis
Part I: Standard Approaches to Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Chapter 1. Determinants of Body Weight: Metabolism and the Homeostatic System
Chapter 2. Obesity
Chapter 3. Binge-Related Eating Disorders (Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa)
Part II: Can The Food Addiction Concept Improve Treatment?
Chapter 4. Problems with Current Approaches to Treating Disorders of Overeating
Chapter 5. The Food Addiction Concept: History, Controversy, Potential Pitfalls and Promises
Part III: Clinical Evidence for Food Addiction
Chapter 6. Clinical Evidence for the Validity of Food Addiction
Part IV: Basic Biology of Food Addiction, and Its Overlap with Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 7. Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 8. Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Hedonic Eating
Chapter 9. Additional Biological Mechanisms of Hedonic Eating
Chapter 10. Treatment-Related Evidence that Food Addiction is a Valid Construct
Chapter 11. Highly Palatable Foods Are Addictive
Part V: Assessment and Treatment of Food Addiction
Chapter 12. Evaluation of Food Addiction: Importance, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Assessment
Chapter 13. How to Treat Food Addiction from a Nutritional Perspective: Consideration of Diet and Abstinence
Chapter 14. Clinical Applications of the Food Addiction Concept
Part VI: Research Possibilities
Chapter 15. Emerging Treatments and Areas for Future Research