Alice Callahan

Yeah, I think that's quite possible. I'm seeing more and more addiction scientists who traditionally have studied substances like tobacco and alcohol now turning their attention to foods and trying to really understand the potentially addictive nature of foods. But it's a bit harder with food, right?

Yeah, I think that's quite possible. I'm seeing more and more addiction scientists who traditionally have studied substances like tobacco and alcohol now turning their attention to foods and trying to really understand the potentially addictive nature of foods. But it's a bit harder with food, right?

Because we don't need cigarettes and we can isolate from cigarettes the addictive substance, which is nicotine. Yeah. Food is different, right? Like we all need to eat and ultra-processed foods are convenient and feed many of us with like the calories that we need every day.

Because we don't need cigarettes and we can isolate from cigarettes the addictive substance, which is nicotine. Yeah. Food is different, right? Like we all need to eat and ultra-processed foods are convenient and feed many of us with like the calories that we need every day.

So proving that there's an addictive nature to some foods is a bit more challenging, but there are a lot of scientists now who have taken an interest in that and are working on it. So I think we may be moving in that direction. And there is a growing sense that, you know, this helps us make sense of the problem that we're facing, this rise in obesity.

So proving that there's an addictive nature to some foods is a bit more challenging, but there are a lot of scientists now who have taken an interest in that and are working on it. So I think we may be moving in that direction. And there is a growing sense that, you know, this helps us make sense of the problem that we're facing, this rise in obesity.

For a long time, it's been talked about as a personal failing, like people are not exercising enough and they're eating too much. And, you know, if we're talking about living in an environment where we're surrounded by foods that...

For a long time, it's been talked about as a personal failing, like people are not exercising enough and they're eating too much. And, you know, if we're talking about living in an environment where we're surrounded by foods that...

are difficult to stop eating because they've been engineered that way, it sort of changes the way you think about the problem and opens the door, I think, for more solutions. Like if we could change the environment so that it's not so saturated with foods that are hard to stop eating, then we may have a chance of turning the tide on obesity. alice thank you thank you sabrina we'll be right back

are difficult to stop eating because they've been engineered that way, it sort of changes the way you think about the problem and opens the door, I think, for more solutions. Like if we could change the environment so that it's not so saturated with foods that are hard to stop eating, then we may have a chance of turning the tide on obesity. alice thank you thank you sabrina we'll be right back