When was food addiction first identified?

According to a review article published in the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, the term “food addiction” was first introduced in the scientific literature by Theron Randolph in 1956. He described it as “a specific adaptation to one or more regularly consumed foods to which a person is highly sensitive [which] produces a common pattern of symptoms descriptively similar to those of other addictive processes.” The article also states that food addiction is maladaptive and can threaten health, causing obesity, malnutrition, and other problems.

Read the full paper

Randolph, T. G. (1956). The Descriptive Features of Food Addiction. Addictive Eating and Drinking. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 17(2), 198–224. doi:10.15288/qjsa.1956.17.198

Welcome to our Alumni program! 😀

Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a happy holiday season.

The alumni will only meet once this month on Thursday, December 19th, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST.

For those of you who still need to sign up for Alumni, you can do so for $20, which includes a link for participation.

Please use the following PayPal link: https://paypal.me/INFACT?country.x=IS&locale.x=en_USHi everyone!

From Esther Helga
Thank you, Jessica Randal, for your incredible lecture on working with Bariatric surgery patients this past month.
Those who missed it can view the recording on the Infact Moodle platform.
Our alumni, Mike Featherston, will do a trigger-free cooking class on Thursday, January 16th.
Tina Meals has agreed to do a session on the Two-Way-Prayer in the new year.
We decided to have Alumni give short introductions at the beginning of the supervision session and then discuss client issues.

To sign up for the Alumni, click the link: https://paypal.me/INFACT?country.x=IS&locale.x=en_US.
and send an email to esther@infact.is
The price for a year is $200.
You can also pay $20 every month.

Those signing up for the Alumni Community this year will have access to the Infact Moodle student platform and Infact 2024-25 cohort lectures and the opportunity to attend sessions and hear our excellent teachers and lecturers.

You'll receive group supervision sessions on the third Thursday of each month at 11 a.m. EST and the fourth Monday at 10 a.m. EST.

✅Monthly lectures: Mike Featherston will teach a cooking class for us in January, and Tina Meals will talk about the Two-Way-Prayer.
✅ Full Access to our Accessive Moodle student platform with essential resources and a forum for continued support.
✅ Half-price off for a private session with Esther Helga.
✅Half-price off the 8-week Treatment & Recovery Practicum course for experiencing outpatient treatment; learn by doing. The next one begins on April 3rd, 2025.
✅ Access to Alumni and their expertise.

Please let us know if you want to lecture on any subject, and we will sign you up.

If you'd like to take advantage of this opportunity, please send your name and email to esther@infact.is. We will then send you a payment link.
Secure your spot today and embark on this life-changing journey!

Warmly,
Esther Helga Guðmundsdóttir

Are you interested in discovering if you are a food addict?

The INFACT School now offers you access to a free diagnostic tool called the Yale Scale. If you’re curious to find out whether you might have a food addiction or just keen to see the self-report measure in action, you can complete the questionnaire below.

Once you complete the questionnaire, we will be in touch with the next steps to help you in your recovery process.

Complete questionnaire