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EDITORIAL article

Front. Psychiatry

Sec. Addictive Disorders

This article is part of the Research TopicUltra-Processed Food Addiction: Moving toward Consensus on Mechanisms, Definitions, Assessment, and InterventionView all 16 articles

Editorial: Ultra-Processed Food Addiction: Moving toward Consensus on Mechanisms, Definitions, Assessment, and Intervention

Provisionally accepted
  • 1The Collaborative health community, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 2Nutrition in Recovery, los Angeles, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

Keywords: Ultra-processed food, Ultra-processed food addiction, ultra-processed food addiction treatment, Food addiction assessment, food addiction intervention, food addiction abstinence OR harm reduction

Received: 21 Nov 2025; Accepted: 28 Nov 2025.

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* Correspondence: Jen Unwin

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