UF Tackling Our Addictions to Food
UF tackling our addictions to food
Filed under: food addiction treatment
Gold recently presented a new approach to tackling food addiction to the Society for Neuroscience, the world's largest organization of scientists who study the brain and the nervous system. The approach combines two existing treatments, Baclofen and … Read more on Gainesville Sun
Food and Addiction:Treating through Emotional Brain Training – UCSF’s Laurel Mellin is the founder of emotional brain training (EBT), a method of treating obesity and stress symptoms that equips individuals with tools based on an integration of neuroscience and developmental theory to decrease the frequency and duration of the stress response and to favor high-level well-being. Emotional brain training has been applied to pediatric obesity prevention and treatment and to adults to improve psychological, metabolic and physical contributors to stress and a range of health-related indices. Series: Food and Addiction: Environmental, Psychological and Biological Perspectives [5/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 18565]
Doctors hope to curb food addiction
Filed under: food addiction treatment
Dr. Mark Gold, chairman of Psychiatry at UF's College of Medicine, said he uses a written test to evaluate and determine if someone is addicted to food. He said it's never the patients fault, and it's a common problem that needed diagnosis and treatment. Read more on WUFT