Contributors ; Introduction ; Food and Addiction: Why and Why Now? ; Kelly D. Brownell and Mark S. Gold ; Part 1: The Neurobiology and Psychology of Addiction ; 1. Animal Models of Drug Addiction ; George F. Koob ; 2. Human Laboratory Models of Addiction ; Barbara J. Mason and Amanda E. Higley ; 3. Neuroanatomy of Addiction ; George F. Koob ; 4. Genetics of Addiction ; Ernest P. Noble ; 5. Epigenetic Changes in Addiction and Eating Disorders ; Firas H. Kobeissy, Mahdi Razafsha, Zhiqun Zhang and Mark S. Gold ; 6. Feeding Systems and Drugs of Abuse ; Brittany L. Mason, Eric J. Nestler and Michael Lutter ; 7. Co-occurring Addiction and Psychiatric Disorders ; Shelly F. Greenfield and Michele A. Crisafulli ; 8. The Study of Craving and its Role in Addiction ; Peter M. Monti and Lara A.Ray ; 9. Stress and Addiction: A Brief Overview ; Rajita Sinha ; Part 2: Regulation of Eating and Body Weight ; 10. The Changing Face of Global Diet and Nutrition ; Barry M. Popkin ; 11. Weight and Diet among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2005-2008 ; Cynthia L. Ogden, Molly M. Lamb, Brian K. Kit and Jacqueline D. Wright ; 12. Genetics of Body Weight Regulation ; Wendy K. Chung and Rudolph L. Leibel ; 13. Central Regulation of Hunger, Satiety, and Body Weight ; Hans-Rudolf Berthoud ; 14. Peripheral Regulation of Hunger and Satiety ; Gary J. Schwartz ; 15. Food Intake and Metabolism ; Douglas S. Ramsay and Stephen C. Woods ; 16. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Energy Balance ; Marcelo O. Dietrich and Tamas Horvath ; 17. Prenatal Programming of Obesity: Role of Macronutrient-Specific Peptide Systems ; Irene Morganstern, Jessica R. Barson and Sarah F. Leibowitz ; 18. The Biology and Psychology of Taste ; Linda M. Bartoshuk and Derek J. Snyder ; 19. Leptin Gene Therapy for Hyperphagia, Obesity, Metabolic Diseases and Addiction: A New Opportunity ; Satya P. Kalra ; 20. Lessons from Prader-Willi Syndrome and Pathological Brain Reinforcement ; Yijun Liu and Yi Zhang ; 21. Environmental Toxins as Triggers for Obesity ; Angelo Tremblay and Marina Sanchez ; 22. The Special Case of Sugar Sweetened Beverages ; Cara B. Ebbeling, Walter C. Willett and David S. Ludwig ; 23. The Impact of Portion Size and Energy Density on Eating ; Barbara J. Rolls ; 24. Specific Environmental Drivers of Eating ; Brian Wansink ; Part 3: Research on Food and Addiction ; 25. Food Addiction and Diagnostic Criteria for Dependence ; Ashley N. Gearhardt and William R. Corbin ; 26. Phylogenetic and Ontogenetic Contributions to Today's Obesity Quagmire ; Elliott M. Blass ; 27. Food Reward ; Dana M. Small ; 28. Dopamine Deficiency, Eating and Body Weight ; Gene-Jack Wang, Nora D. Volkow and Joanna S. Folwer ; 29. Genes and Reward Circuitry as Predictors of Eating and Weight Gain ; Sonja Yokum and Eric Stice ; 30. Hormones, Hunger and Food Addiction ; Alain Dagher ; 31. Bingeing, Withdrawal, and Craving: An Animal Model of Sugar Addiction ; Nicole M. Avena and Bartley G. Hoebel ; 32. Incubation of Sucrose Craving in Animal Models ; Jeffrey W. Grimm ; 33. "Liking" vs. "Wanting" Food in Human Appetite: Relation to Craving, Overconsumption and "Food Addiction" ; Graham Finlayson, Michelle Dalton and John E. Blundell ; 34. The Psychology of Food Cravings ; Andrew J. Hill ; 35. Is Sugar as Addictive as Cocaine? ; Serge H. Ahmed ; 36. Caffeine, Addiction, and Food Consumption ; Daniel P. Evatt and Roland R. Griffiths ; 37. Interactions between Smoking, Eating, and Body Weight ; Stephanie S. O'Malley ; 38. Interactions between Alcohol Consumption, Eating, and Weight ; Ashley N. Gearhardt and William R. Corbin ; 39. Relationships Between Drugs of Abuse and Eating ; Daniel M. Blumenthal and Mark S. Gold ; 40. Stress and Reward: Neural Networks, Eating, and Obesity ; Elissa S. Epel, A. Janet Tomiyama and Mary F. Dallman ; 41. Public Attitudes About Addiction as a Cause of Obesity ; Colleen L. Barry ; Part 4: Clinical Approaches and Implications ; 42. Clinical Assessment of Food and Addiction ; Ashley N. Gearhardt and William R. Corbin ; 43. Psychological Treatments for Substance Use Disorders ; Lisa J. Merlo ; 44. Behavioral Treatments for Obesity ; Caitlin A. LaGrotte and Gary D. Foster ; 45. Pharmacotherapy of addictive disorders ; Ece Tek and Stephanie S. O'Malley ; 46. Pharmacotherapy for Obesity: Current and Future Treatments ; Orli Rosen and Louis J. Aronne ; 47. Surgical Treatments for Obesity ; Marion L. Vetter, Lucy F. Hemsley-Faulconbridge, Noel N. Williams and Thomas A. Wadden ; 48. Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependence in 2011 and Relevance to Food Addiction ; Kimberly Blumenthal, Robert DuPont and Mark. S. Gold ; 49. Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder ; Carlos M. Grilo ; 50. Exercise Addiction and Aversion: Implications for Eating and Obesity ; David M. Williams and Bess H. Marcus ; 51. New Treatments for Obesity Based on Addiction Models ; Richard L. Shriner ; 52. From the Front Lines: The Impact of Refined Food Addiction on Well-Being ; Joan Ifland, Kay Sheppard and H. Theresa Wright ; 53. From the Front Lines: A Clinical Approach to Food and Addiction ; Philip Werdell ; 54. From the Front Lines: Food and Addiction: A Personal Story ; Anne Rosenberg ; Part 5: Public Health Approaches and Implications ; 55. Taxes on Energy Dense Foods to Improve Nutrition and Prevent Obesity ; John Cawley ; 56. Addressing Disparities Related to Food Intake and Obesity ; Shiriki Kumanyika ; 57. Is Food Advertising Feeding Americans' Sugar Habit? An Analysis of Exposure to Television Advertising for High-Sugar Foods ; Jennifer L Harris ; 58. Environmental Interventions to Reduce Overeating in Children ; Thomas N. Robinson and Donna M. Matheson ; 59. Nutrition Practices in Schools ; Marlene B. Schwartz and Nicole L. Novak ; Part 6: Legal and Policy Implications ; 60. Legal and Policy Implications: Litigation ; Stephen P. Teret and Lainie Rutkow ; 61. Legal Implications: Regulating Sales and Marketing ; Jennifer L. Pomeranz ; 62. What Lessons for Food Policy Can Be Learned from Alcohol Control? ; Ian Gilmore and Karishma Chandaria ; 63. Policy Lessons Learned from Tobacco ; Kenneth E. Warner ; 64. Lessons from Drug Policy ; Robert L. DuPont ; 65. Global Policies Affecting Diet and Obesity ; Tim Lobstein ; Part 7: Concluding Comments ; 66. Food and Addiction: Scientific, Social, Legal, and Legislative Implications ; Kelly D. Brownell and Mark S. Gold