We all love a good tasty dish, but for some that feeling towards food goes beyond love and can turn into an obsession. When that love becomes out of control, it may mean you have a food addiction.

Most of us have, at one time or another, struggled to say 'no thanks' when it comes to food. It's difficult to close the bag of chips or refuse the extra cookie. It's no wonder that more than 14 ...

There's been debate among scientists and psychiatrists over whether people can be addicted to food the way they can be addicted to other substances like cigarettes and alcohol, and a consensus is ...

Memories of a dark past still haunt Nathan. Addiction has ruled most of his life. The 70-year-old – who wished to remain anonymous and asks to be called Nathan – has been struggling with an eating ...

‘Like many university students, I had an obsession with weight and food. Today, as a physician, I can see my favourite foods were like drugs.’ Late one night in 1979, I was exhausted and agitated, ...

We started our season back in September with Annie Rosenberg, a self-confessed addict who is now in recovery. But Rosenberg's addiction isn't to alcohol or opioids. Her drug, she says, is refined and ...

Already, before meeting William Leith, I feel I've seen him naked. I know, for example, that he once woke up after a bender with vomit -- his own, thank heaven for small mercies -- crusting his eyes.