Key articles by Robert A. Pretlow, M.D., FAAP, MSEE

“Reconceptualization of eating addiction and obesity as displacement behavior and a possible treatment,” Eating And Weight Disorders (2022)

“Treatment of the sensory and motor components of urges to eat (eating addiction?): a mobile-health pilot study for obesity in young people,” Eating and Weight Disorders (2020)

“Similarities between obesity in pets and children: the addiction model,” British Journal of Nutrition (2016)

“Treatment of Child/Adolescent Obesity Using the Addiction Model: A Smartphone App Pilot Study,” Childhood Obesity (2015)

“Addiction to Highly Pleasurable Food as a Cause of the Childhood Obesity Epidemic: A Qualitative Internet Study,” Eating Disorders (2011)

“Why Do Kids Overeat?,” Pediatric News (2010)

Overweight: What Kids Say eHealth International (2010)