Food addiction, otherwise known as compulsive eating, is a physical and psychological addiction that ensnares the body and the mind. The addiction to food is often not considered to be dangerous. On the contrary, it is dangerous to the body and the mind. The psychological aspects are not as clear as the physical for obvious reasons, although they are just as dangerous. Food addiction is similar to drug and alcohol addiction. It produces cravings that, …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…pleasure only lasts as long as the body is still taking in food, so to continue the high, the addict must continue to consume food. The addiction to food, like other addictions, is very difficult to conquer. It is a battle of will power. In the words of James Gordon, "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." (Gordon, James, MD.)