The Case for and Against Food Addiction: A Scientific and Legal Analysis
Description:
Food addiction has long been a controversial topic. In this webinar, Dr. Robert Lustig reviews the science and biochemistry underlying the concept of food addiction while outlining what dietary constituents appear to qualify as addictive.
While many in academia and clinical medicine who believe in food addiction,” there are factions who favor the concept of “eating addiction.” This is not semantic, because it defines culpability and addresses where efforts should be placed. We will address the biochemical and legal definitions of addiction, to determine what about food is addictive, and what can be done about it.
This is an introductory program for all mental health professionals.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the underlying biochemistry and potential controversy around food addiction
About the Presenter:
Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He specializes in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system. His research and clinical practice has focused on childhood obesity and diabetes. Dr. Lustig holds a Bachelor’s in Science from MIT, a Doctorate in Medicine from Cornell University. Medical College, and a Master’s of Studies in Law from U.C. Hastings College of the Law. Dr. Lustig has fostered a global discussion of metabolic health and nutrition, exposing some of the leading myths that underlie the current pandemic of diet-related disease. He believes the food business, by pushing processed food loaded with sugar, has hacked our bodies and minds to pursue pleasure instead of happiness; fostering today’s epidemics of addiction and depression. Yet by focusing on real food, we can beat the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease.
Location:
Recorded Webinar
Credits:
1 CE credit
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