What Scott Kanoski has said about Food addiction
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Scott Kanoski, Professor of human and evolutionary biology and neurobiology at the University of Southern California who studies hunger, memory and diet, has been quoted on Food addiction once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kanoski declines to take a side on food addiction but says DSM criteria could be argued to apply to food.
“You can make an argument that there is food addiction based on those criterion, but that doesn't mean that it's the same thing”
Huberman Lab: How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott Kanoski (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:51:52
Episodes
How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott KanoskiHuberman Lab · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 2 min
Andrew Huberman and neuroscientist Scott Kanoski discuss GLP-1 drugs, artificial sweeteners, diet's effects on hippocampal memory, the vagus nerve, the gut microbiome and food reward.
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