"The recent surge in the use of #GLP1 weight-loss drugs has propelled addiction-adjacent terms such as “#foodnoise” and “#foodcravings” into common vernacular. But can food actually be addictive? Now some neuroscientists and food behavior researchers are trying to understand if food—particularly #ultraprocessedfoods—can be #addictive in the same way as other known substances, such as cigarettes, alcohol and cocaine."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-makes-ultraprocessed-foods-addictive/