Food Addiction Institute

The Food Addiction Institute, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt US organization, promotes treatment of food addiction as a substance use disorder and wide-spread access to abstinence-based recovery from food addiction. To accomplish our mission FAI works towards the following:

* Supply resources for those who may be food addicted.

* Provide public and professional resources about food addiction as a substance use disorder aligned with the DSM-5-TR. 

* Contribute to expanding  knowledge about effective, abstinent based treatment for food addiction recovery.

* Create a forum for the development and dissemination of innovative and effective public health strategies related to the prevention, identification and treatment of food addiction.

* Offer information about evidence-based treatment that incorporates abstinent approaches for recovery from food addiction.

* Expand availability of Certified Food Addiction Professionals to effectively treat food addiction.