Some foods more addictive than others

By Susie Burrell
Updated March 3 2015 - 7:56pm, first published 7:30pm
Chocolate, along with pizza, chips and ice-cream, has been identified by researchers as one of the most addictive of foods.
Chocolate, along with pizza, chips and ice-cream, has been identified by researchers as one of the most addictive of foods.

There are foods you cannot seem to stop eating, no matter how hard you try. 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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