Sara Dimerman in conversation with Registered Social Worker Clarissa Kennedy. Over the course of this episode you will learn more about:
- What a food addiction means
- Whether or not it differs from other addictions, such as to alcohol or gambling, for example
- Whether or not it is recognized as an addiction in diagnostic manuals that mental health professionals refer to
- If food addiction falls under the same category as an eating disorder and how it differs from other eating disorders such as binge eating
- Whether or not some people might be more vulnerable when it comes to developing an addiction to food and why
- Some signs that one might be grappling with a food addiction
- How to manage a food addiction
- Some of the ways in which food addiction is treated
- What special training someone with an eating addiction should look for in a therapist when they are seeking help
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