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Smarter Science of Slim- June 2013

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Bonus: Dr. Nicole Avena – Sugar is A Drug

Saludify- May 2013

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Top Five Foods You Should Eat For Heart Health

Oxygen Magazine - March 2013

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Sugar High: Linking Sugar and Addictive Behavior

NWT Magazine (Dutch)- February 2013

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Addicted to Chocolate

Chicago Tribune - February 2013

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Exercise - Choose Your Own Potential 

Discovery News - December 2012 

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High-Fat Habits Hard to Break

Yahoo! Health News- November 2012

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10 Most Addictive Foods

Counselor Magazine- October 2012

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Junk Food Addiction

Cosmos Magazine- The Science of Everything (Australia)- October 2012

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Toxic Sugar

The Rudd Center Health Digest- August 2012

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Overlaps between food and drug addiction

Harvard Gazette- July 2012

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Alcohol abuse after weight loss surgery?

Nutrition Action- May 2012

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Food & Addiction: Can some foods hijack the brain?

The Week- May 2012

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How to wean America from its dangerous food addiction?

Men's Heath- May 2012

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Are you addicted to food? 



Fox News Radio: Alan Colmes Show- May 2012

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Is New York Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to ban large sodas a healthy way to fight obesity? Alan discusses the issue with food addiction specialist Dr. Nicole Avena. Listen to the interview 

Psychology Today- April 2012

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Sugar Addiction: Is abstinence the best treatment for sugar addiction?

Vancouver Sun- April 2012

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Draw of junk food like drugs to an addict


Canada.com- April 2012

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Cola-obsessed woman echoes tales of food addiction

San Francisco Weekly- February 2012

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Food for Thought




BusinessWeek- November 2011

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Fatty Foods as Addictive as Cocaine in Growing Body of Science


Everyday Health- October 2011

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Are You Addicted to Sugar?

Gainesville Today- September 2011

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From Discovery to Recovery



Science Daily- July 2011

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Does Food Act Physiologically Like a 'Drug of Choice' for Some?

The Telegraph- July 2011

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Schools told to reduce choice on dinner menus to fight obesity

WebMD- July 2011

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Food Boredom May Lead to Weight Loss

The Independent- July 2011

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Diverse food options blamed for rising obesity

Fitness- April 2011

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Control Your Cravings for Good

Scientific American- April 2010

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Addicted to Fat: Overeating May Alter the Brain as Much as Hard Drugs

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