Taking Off the Kid Gloves - Two Dieticians "Tell it Like It Is"

Thanks you for an excellent  article. As an RD myself, I have a question about point #13:

        Fast food is addicitive - your brain's pleasure centers are stimulated to crave fast food and

        highly processed food if you have eaten it with some regularity.

I wonder if the dietitians quoted could elaborate on how they define addiction in this situation - and provide some scientific references. 

Thank you very much!

I was surprised that planning meals and tracking what you eat were not suggested as tools for successful weight loss. I have lost 125 pounds and could never have done this had I not planned my meals ahead by writing down everything I plan to eat each day~ and also tracking the things I didn't plan, but caught myself nibbling on.

I am incredibly strict with meal planning, perhaps to the extreme, but I write down my meals and snacks every night for the next day and then pack meals and snacks to take to work. If it's not on my list, I don't have it ( most of the time)

This way, there is no deciding on the fly what to eat and my meals are well planned and pre-prepped for dinner after a long day at work.

Excellent post Health Gal!  I think also, along the lines you wrote, it that most people do not become overweight overnight.  It takes years of bad habits to develop a weight problem.  It is very unrealstic to think that the problem can be gotten rid of overnight.  It takes changes in one's lifestyle to achieve the desired results.  What's the saying?  Keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what your getting.  It takes effort and commitment to reverse years of bad habits.