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ReviewClinical psychology review2016

Shared and unique mechanisms underlying binge eating disorder and addictive disorders.

Erica M Schulte, Carlos M Grilo, Ashley N Gearhardt

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Review in Clinical psychology review, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04666831 (Adapted Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Food Addiction), which is not on this map. Cited by 119 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
37.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04666831 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Adapted Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Food Addiction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorToronto Metropolitan UniversityRan2021 to 2023Enrolled94ConditionsFood Addiction, Binge EatingArmsAdapted Motivational Interviewing (AMI) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 259 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Emotional Eating Interventions for Adults Living With Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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  7. Food addiction and bariatric surgery: a systematic review of the literature.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017
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  14. Food addiction research in India: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erica M SchulteDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. Electronic address: eorenste@umich.edu.
Carlos M GriloDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States; CASAColumbia, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Ashley N GearhardtDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USNational Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University · US

Funding

Food Marketing Vulnerability and Increased Risk for Weight Gain in AdolescentsR01DK102532 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GEARHARDT, ASHLEY NICOLE · 2015 to 2017
$1.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102532
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scientific interest in "food addiction" is growing, but the topic remains controversial. One critique of "food addiction" is its high degree of phenotypic overlap with binge eating disorder (BED). In order to examine associations between problematic eating behaviors, such as binge eating and "food addiction," we propose the need to move past examining similarities and differences in symptomology. Instead, focusing on relevant mechanisms may more effectively determine whether "food addiction" contributes to disordered eating behavior for some individuals. This paper reviews the evidence for mechanisms that are shared (i.e., reward dysfunction, impulsivity) and unique for addiction (i.e., withdrawal, tolerance) and eating disorder (i.e., dietary restraint, shape/weight concern) frameworks. This review will provide a guiding framework to outline future areas of research needed to evaluate the validity of the "food addiction" model and to understand its potential contribution to disordered eating.

Indexed as

RewardBehavior, AddictiveBinge-Eating DisorderFeeding BehaviorHumansImpulsive BehaviorBinge eating disorderEating disordersFood addictionSubstance use disorders

Identifiers

PMID26879210
PMCPMC5796407
OpenAlexW2252491910

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