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[tinyjo]

According to New Scientist, 60% of American adults are obese! And apparently, high carb/sugar foods could be addictive according to some researchers. It must be difficult to define addiction to food, I would have thought, because no-one can give it up (or at least, no-one survives withdrawal).

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ho ho.

[jinty]

Food is necessary to life, but sugar and foodstuffs high in carbohydrates (ie complex sugars) are not. And yes, I think it could be said that sugar is addictive -- what about that sugar rush/sugar buzz people get? If not physically addictive, it would at least be psychologically so...

and... not at all surprised that 60% of USAians count as obese.