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WMHC Webinar with Dr. Ashley Gearhardt: Ultra-Processed Food Addiction: Relevance to Treatment

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 @ 12:00PM (Eastern)
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

In this talk, Dr. Ashley Gearhardt will discuss the currrent science on ultra-processed foods ability to trigger addictive processes and discuss how this may be considered in clinical treatment contexts. Speaker Dr. Ashley Gearhardt is a Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Science area at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Yale University with training on the underpinnings of both excess food and alcohol consumption. Dr. Gearhardt currently investigates the contribution of reward dysfunction (e.g., craving, liking) to eating-related problems…

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