Yale Food Addiction Scale

Studies have shown that some foods make you want to eat them over and over again. So what types of foods have addictive-like behaviors? University of Michigan researchers have investigated the way in which some foods can produce addictive-like behavior. Using the Yale Food Addiction Scale, they ranked foods from “most problematic” to “least problematic” in terms of foods with addictive-like behavior. They plotted these foods on a scale of 1 (least) to 7 (most). 

The top 12 foods with Addictive-Like Behaviors were:

1.  Pizza
2. Chocolate
3. Chips
4. Cookies
5. Ice Cream
6. French Fries
7. Cheeseburgers
8. Sodas
9. Cake
10. Cheese
11. Bacon
12. Chicken 

http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/
addiction/FoodAddictionScale09.pdf