🍕 Engineered, Addictive, Unregulated — Why Ultra-Processed Foods Deserve a DSM Diagnosis

🚨 New Insights from Nature Medicine 🧠🍕 Can cookies and chips hijack your brain like cocaine? A compelling new article argues that ultra-processed food addiction mirrors classic substance use disorders — down to the cravings, compulsive use, and reward circuit disruption.   With GLP-1 drugs bridging obesity and addiction treatment, is it time the DSM-5 recognized food addiction?   🧬 Science says yes. ⚖️ Policy is lagging. 📢 Let's start the conversation.   #FoodAddiction #UltraProcessedFoods #DSM5 #GLP1 #PublicHealth #Neuroscience #Obesity #HealthPolicy #Cravings #NutritionScience