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food addiction

behavioral addiction that is characterized by the compulsive consumption of palatable foods despite adverse consequences.
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food addiction

Summary

food addiction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • food addiction is a type of behavioral addiction[2].
  • food addiction is a type of eating disorder[3].
  • food addiction's different from is recorded as binge eating disorder[4].
  • food addiction's different from is recorded as food noise[5].
  • food addiction's different from is recorded as hunger[6].
  • food addiction's different from is recorded as hunger[7].
  • food addiction's different from is recorded as starvation[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include behavioral addiction[2] and eating disorder[3].

Why It Matters

food addiction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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