Studies looking at food addiction treatment

Bennett, E., Lycett, D., Whelan, M., Bellamy, E. L., Banks, S., & Patel, R. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability study of the Ultra Processed Food Addiction Online Community Intervention: Liberate. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1620372

Burrows, T. L., Kay-Lambkin, F. J., Pursey, K. M., Skinner, J., Watson, W. L., McGee, S. L., Sultana, L., Collins, C. E., & Food and Mood Centre. (2023). A three-arm randomised controlled trial of a telehealth intervention targeting improvement in addictive eating for Australian adults (the TRACE program). Nutrition & Dietetics, 80(3), 277–289.

O'Hea EL, Edwards-Hampton SA, Beall Brown DL, Sonneville KR, Ziedonis DM, Gearhardt AN. The Food Addiction Clinical Treatment (FACT) Manual: A Harm Reduction Treatment Approach. Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jul 1;14(7):557. doi: 10.3390/bs14070557.

Peirce-Thompson, S., Jacobs, M. J., & Wiss, D. A. (2025). Abstinence-based treatment of comorbid eating disorders and ultra-processed food addiction. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, 1586490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1586490  

Saner, E. M., Kalayjian, T., Buchanan, L., Calkins, M., Soto-Mota, A., Jun, D. K., & Sethi, S. (2025). TOWARD: A metabolic health intervention that improves food addiction and binge eating symptoms. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, 1612551. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1612551

Unwin J, Delon C, Giæver H, Kennedy C, Painschab M, Sandin F, Poulsen CS and Wiss DA (2022) Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction. Front. Psychiatry 13:1005523. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1005523

Unwin J, Delon C, Giæver H, Kennedy C, Painschab M, Sandin F, Poulsen CS and Wiss DA (2025) Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction: 12-month follow-up. Front. Psychiatry 16:1556988. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1556988