Food Addiction

Researchers at Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Science & Policy have developed a questionnaire to identify people with food addictions.

Here's a sample of questions that can help determine if you have a food addiction. Do these actions apply to you? Do you:

• End up eating more than planned when you start eating certain foods

• Keep eating certain foods even if you're no longer hungry

• Eat to the point of feeling ill

• Worry about not eating certain types of foods or worry about cutting down on certain types of foods

• When certain foods aren't available, go out of your way to obtain them

A nutritionist, psychologist, or doctor who is educated about food addiction may be able to help you break the cycle of compulsive eating.