Ultra-processed foods meet the established criteria for addiction, similar to substances like drugs or tobacco, as they are consumed despite known health harms.

“for many of us ultr processed food isn't just harmful it is addictive and it makes all the criteria for addiction and it has there's so much evidence that for some people these products are as addictive as tobacco products drugs of abuse alcohol gambling”

She acknowledges that she is addicted to food and uses it to medicate her emotions.

“I'm addicted to food. I have tried 100 different diets. I'm a compulsive overeater because even after I've eaten and I'm full, I'm physically not hungry. I'm still reaching for my table for something else.”

Food can be as addictive as drugs, and struggling with eating often stems from a lack of control and unresolved psychological issues.

“it's hard to have it's like an addiction food is just as much of an addiction as a drug can be at certain points that's definitely the way I describe it for myself like once I would start eating it's like I couldn't stop”