The MFM program: a successful model in the field of food addiction recovery
This article outlines how one program in Iceland, the MFM program, is helping clients recover from food addiction and ultra-processed food addiction. The MFM program, founded and developed by Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir (EG), arose from her own recovery from food addiction. Seeing the gap in service...
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| description | This article outlines how one program in Iceland, the MFM program, is helping clients recover from food addiction and ultra-processed food addiction. The MFM program, founded and developed by Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir (EG), arose from her own recovery from food addiction. Seeing the gap in services for clients with food addiction and ultra-processed food addiction, EG set out to develop a treatment plan based on everything she learned over the years and through her experience and trainings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e90e4a2f799745b59ccf042ab61d52e72025-08-26T05:28:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-08-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.16300841630084The MFM program: a successful model in the field of food addiction recoveryEsther Helga Gudmundsdottir0Veronique Rynn1INFACT School, Reykjavik, IcelandDepartment of Psychology, Addiction Psychology Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United StatesThis article outlines how one program in Iceland, the MFM program, is helping clients recover from food addiction and ultra-processed food addiction. The MFM program, founded and developed by Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir (EG), arose from her own recovery from food addiction. Seeing the gap in services for clients with food addiction and ultra-processed food addiction, EG set out to develop a treatment plan based on everything she learned over the years and through her experience and trainings.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1630084/fullfood addictionabstinencerecovery12-step facilitationultra-processed food |
| spellingShingle | Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir Veronique Rynn The MFM program: a successful model in the field of food addiction recovery Frontiers in Public Health food addiction abstinence recovery 12-step facilitation ultra-processed food |
| title | The MFM program: a successful model in the field of food addiction recovery |
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| title_short | The MFM program: a successful model in the field of food addiction recovery |
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