Food Addiction – Biological Necessity Gone Wrong

It seems unnatural and even unfair that a biological necessity like eating can lead to a food addiction. Although the majority of individuals find eating a pleasurable experience, for a certain segment of the population, their relationship with food becomes toxic. Food addiction can be manifested in a number of different ways, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and compulsive overeating, among others.

Some addiction specialists devote a portion of their time to tracking addiction tendencies. Since the impact of food addictions can be devastating, it is essential to understand this dependence as thoroughly as possible. Using cutting edge search frequency research, food addiction queries are quantified and analyzed. The results of this research can help to bring about a better understanding of the complexities of these illnesses.

Food Addicts Anonymous – 12 Step Support Groups Becoming Popular

Judging from the query results illustrated in Graph 1 below, support groups, including Food Addicts Anonymous and Food Addicts in Recovery, are becoming popular ways to deal with a food addiction. In fact, the three-word combination of “food addicts anonymous” was the second most commonly searched phrase with 21,136 searches, followed further down Graph 1 by “food addicts in recovery” with 3,324 queries.

Food Addiction - Prevalent Search Topics - Graph 1

(Continued on Graph 3 at the bottom of this page)

Top 30 two and three word combinations

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		79,000
food addiction	77389
food addicts	21136
addicts anonymous	13322
food addicts anonymous	13322
food addictions	9436
food addiction treatment	4174
addiction treatment	4174
food addict	3374
food addicts in recovery	3324
food addictive	1184
addiction to food	1119
addiction support	1106
food addiction support	1106
addiction recovery	1105
food addiction recovery	1105
addiction statistics	1100
food addiction statistics	1100
addiction symptoms	1099
food addiction symptoms	1099
food addiction support groups	1098
addiction support groups	1098
addiction treatment centers	657
food addiction treatment centers	657
addicts diet	607
fast food addictive	576
overcoming food addictions	550
bupropion food addiction	529
fast food addictions	512
food addictives	443
junk food addiction	441
	0		79,000

Food Addiction Trigger Foods also Significant

Food addiction trigger foods can cause food addicts to binge. The online pursuit of information related to “food addiction trigger foods” leads to websites that list particular milk and wheat proteins, as well as chocolate, coffee and tea as potential culprits.

Other investigations for food addictions information are more search-specific. Of particular interest are queries for “fast food addictions” and “junk food addictions” in Graph 1 and “carbohydrate addicts” in Graph 3.

Food Addiction Market Research - Graph 2

Top 100 words used in food addiction searches
(Top 1000 can be found at Top 100 food addiction exact phrases and top 1,000 concepts/words. - Graph 5)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		260,000
food	243569
addiction	78600
diet	49961
raw	45047
addicts	21532
foods	19163
anonymous	13706
addictions	9523
smiths	6136
act	5051
pure	4965
recovery	4472
treatment	4194
addict	3379
top	2434
body	2375
fast	2154
fry	2046
frys	1987
us	1851
liver	1743
plan	1548
addictive	1353
flower	1333
essence	1331
recepies	1204
interactions	1200
support	1112
symptoms	1104
groups	1100
statistics	1100
centers	1044
step	890
smith	827
health	616
recipe	602
rashes	602
overcoming	554
bupropion	529
junk	522
day	497
21	493
addictives	446
list	395
carbohydrate	389
breaking	374
natural	368
diets	320
interaction	307
public	292
medication	292
medicine	281
yoga	280
alternative	280
cleanse	234
center	219
elderly	219
obesity	217
how	208
alcohol	203
overcome	192
rehab	188
therapy	149
marijuana	141
system	139
best	132
help	123
celecoxib	122
information	113
levels	110
blood	110
1906	105
12	104
substances	104
fda	103
steps	94
store	90
stop	71
adminstration	69
natalia	69
rose	69
dog	68
trigger	61
herbal	61
low	57
eat	57
stores	57
carb	55
admin	47
robbins	45
green	45
anthony	45
when	45
fat	43
methods	42
kidneys	41
additives	41
cocaine	40
whole	40
positive	37
	0		260,000

Food Addictions Research Sponsored by Leading Montreal Treatment Facility

Located near Montreal, Canada, Clear Haven Center is at the helm of innovative addictions research. Search frequency analysis is just one of the tools developed by the forward-thinking team at Clear Haven to advance the study and treatment of various types of addictions. Visit other pages on this website for other interesting findings.

Food Addiction - Prevalent Search Topics, Continued - Graph 3

Top 31 - 102 two and three word combinations
(Top 30 are in Graph 1 above)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		420
fast food addiction	400
carbohydrate addicts	387
addiction centers	372
food addiction centers	372
breaking food addiction	370
carbohydrate addicts diet	331
medication for food addiction	292
food addicts diet	276
addiction treatment center	219
addiction in the elderly	219
food addiction treatment center	219
food addiction and obesity	214
overcome food addiction	190
addiction rehab	184
food addiction rehab	184
addiction therapy	146
food addiction therapy	146
alcohol levels	110
blood alcohol	110
blood alcohol levels	110
addictive substances	104
12 steps	92
12 steps raw food	73
stop food addiction	64
addiction dog food	62
junk food addictive	55
carbohydrate addicts food list	55
food addiction trigger foods	55
food addiction low carb	55
food additives addictions	36
health addictions food	36
health addictions	36
stand o food crack	34
methyl alcohol	28
food allergy food addiction	24
food addiction rehabilitation facility	18
names for alcohol	18
food addicts anomyous	18
addiction rehabilitation	18
alcoholic beverages	17
non alcoholic	16
12 steps to raw	16
addictive substances food	12
california food addiction	12
food addict wisconsin	12
tips food addicts	12
vegan addictive food	12
non alcoholic beverages	12
addictive food lawsuits	12
addiction food	11
12 step	11
alcohol absorbing foods	8
food addiction help	8
addiction help	8
addictive foods	8
help for food addiction	7
12 step program	6
alcoholic drinks	6
valium with food	6
addiction treatment in indiana	6
alcohol addiction	6
stop junk food addictions	6
treatment centers food addiction	6
food addictions home remedy	6
food addiction wheat dairy	6
food addicts com	5
help for food addicts	5
heroin food	5
addicts com	5
junk food addicts	5
addiction to fast food	5
fast food addict	5
	0		420