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The plausibility of sugar addiction and its role in obesity and eating disorders

Benton, David·2010·Clinical Nutrition
DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.12.001
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Background & aims To consider the hypothesis that addiction to food, or more specifically sucrose, plays a role in obesity and eating disorders.Methods By considering the relevant literature a series of predictions were examined, derived from the hypothesis that addiction to sucrose consumption can develop. Fasting should increase food cravings, predominantly for sweet items; cravings should occur after an overnight fast; the obese should find sweetness particularly attractive; a high-sugar consumption should predispose to obesity. More specifically predictions based on the hypothesis that addiction to sugar is central to bingeing disorders were developed. Dieting should predate the development of bingeing; dietary style rather than psychological, social and economic factors should be predispose to eating disorders; sweet items should be preferentially consumed while bingeing; opioid antagonists should cause withdrawal symptoms; bingeing should develop at a younger age when there is a greater preference for sweetness.Results The above predications have in common that on no occasion was the behaviour predicted by an animal model of sucrose addiction supported by human studies.Conclusion There is no support from the human literature for the hypothesis that sucrose may be physically addictive or that addiction to sugar plays a role in eating disorders.

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Authors
Benton, D.
Affiliations
Swansea University (GB)
Corresponding author
Benton, David
ORCID
Benton, David
Venue
Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-06
Volume
29
Issue
3
Pages
288-303
ISSN
0261-5614 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.clnu.2009.12.001
OpenAlex
W1969292536
Cited by
144
References
160
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Keywords
sugar addiction, sucrose, obesity, eating disorders, binge eating, food cravings, fasting, sweet taste preference, opioid antagonists, dieting, animal models of addiction
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Diet, Dopamine, Food Preferences, Humans, Narcotic Antagonists, Obesity, Reward, Dietary Sucrose, Substance-Related Disorders

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