Brownell Co-Edits Book of Essays on Food and Addiction

Yale University Psychology Professor Kelly Brownell has published a collection
of essays with co-editor Mark Gold, Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive
Handbook, that, according to Amazon.com “brings scientific order to the issue
of food and addiction, spanning multiple disciplines to create the foundation
for what is a rapidly advancing field and to highlight needed advances in
science and public policy. The book assembles leading scientists and policy
makers from fields such as nutrition, addiction, psychology, epidemiology,
and public health to explore and analyze the scientific evidence for the addictive
properties of food.” New York University Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle
calls the work “an instant classic.” She notes that the edited pieces included
in the book range from “the seriously scientific to the thoroughly anecdotal.”
Asking whether food is “addictive in ways similar to alcohol or cocaine,” Nestle
states, “In some ways yes, maybe, and no. Read it and decide for yourself.”