"Dr Jen Unwin, a former food addict and chartered clinical and health psychologist, said: “We are sleepwalking into a public health disaster. Although 20 per cent of adults may meet the criteria for food addiction, specifically ultra-processed food addiction, it is not a recognised clinical diagnosis. Yet it is worsening and putting unsustainable pressure on the NHS.”
Next month respected medics and nutritionists, including Dr Chris van Tulleken, will gather at the International Food Addiction Consensus Conference as part of the first concerted push to make World Health Organisation [WHO] bosses categorise addiction to ultra-processed food a substance use disorder, similar to cocaine, opioid, nicotine, and alcohol misuse."
I hope some of the posters on here will take this on board, from a medical professional .
Fat people are NOT greedy or lazy, they have been dealt a bad hand of cards in life and are battling food addiction.
I'll be glad when burgers, pies etc are reclassified as a class B drug.
Hope this can be sorted at the International Food Addiction Consensus Conference.