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  • Eating food causes dopamine to be released, which in turn causes positive feelings. That could possibly be the starting block for an addiction I believe. . Here is an article relating obesity to a diminished reward-effect due to a desensitization to dopamine. If it is true, there is your indication of an addiction potential. . http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uota-bsl101308.php
  • Obesity is not the problem, we are. We all NEED food. But the quantity and frequency of our intake is wayyyyyyyy out of whack. You're right on the dopamine thing distructomoose. We get into a habit of stuffing our faces for a pleasureable experience rather than the pleasureable feeling that is to be had from being productive and actually accomplishing something. We're also lured to it. Watch TV for an hour and count the number of commercials that have something to do with eating. "Why I'm just sittin' here like a big lump of Play-Doe, watchin' TV, I think I'll eat while I got the chance." Don't blame McDonalds,et.al., they're fast, convient, cheap and there is minimal cleanup; but you don't have to turn in. We're all the same. See? All-a-ya'll been sittin' around talkin' about food and made me hungry! Nobody MADE me hungry. I've CHOSEN to eat breakfast.
  • I believe it can be. The mind can associate ANYTHING, literally, anything to anything else. Food can be associated with stress/anxiety relief, feelings of joy and satisfaction, etc.
  • I believe so, such as any other item that people turn to for comfort in times of stress, depression, etc.

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