When Food Kills – Addiction to Eating and Not Eating
The aim of this paper is to discuss, based on the literature on the subject, the problem of food addiction, binge eating, anorexia nervosa, and to compare these disorders in terms of their biology and neurobiology. The literature review includes the definition of the concepts of food addiction, binge eating, and anorexia nervosa, the epidemiology of these phenomena based on population studies, the diagnostic criteria for these disorders, and the likely neurobiological factors responsible for their development, as well as a list of types of anorexia nervosa and their differentiation in terms of coexistence with food addiction. The paper also includes a brief discussion of the somatic symptoms observed in the course of obesity and anorexia nervosa.
Authors
- Katarzyna Kowalska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-4035)
- Marta Pyziołek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5267-6060)
- Katarzyna Rendaszka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0807-897X)
- Barbara Zimnoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9367-5622)
- Małgorzata Stróżna
- Joanna Monika Najbar
- Katarzyna Chmura
- Marta Bonarska
- Paulina Kwaśniewska
Institutions
- Medical University of Białystok (PL)
- Independent Dance (GB)
- Centralny Szpital Kliniczny (PL)
- Centrum Onkologii (PL)
- Szpital Kliniczny Dzieciątka Jezus (PL)
- Agence Wallonne du Patrimoine (BE)
- Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny Nr 2 (PL)
- University Hospital of Lord’s Transfiguration (PL)
- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quality in Sport
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12775/qs.2025.48.67037
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00