According to the leading expert Dr. Tao in the country s first addiction treatment center, of the young group that takes the majority of 253 million netizens in China, about 10 have been inflicted by the addiction, most of them male.

And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

Actually, HIV's about sex and drugs, and if there are two things that make human beings a little bit irrational, they are erections and addiction.

And yet from everything we've been talking about compliance, or addiction, or weight loss we now know that community is important, and yet it's one thing we don't actually bring in.

Consider how the fast food industry uses oils, fats, sugar, and other addictive ingredients to create unhealthy dependency on foods that contribute to obesity.

So, one thing I would like the medical community, and the legal community, and even the college community, to see if they can understand, that indeed, romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on Earth.

The problem is not just foods. Mass advertising is contributing to many other consumer addictions that imply large public health costs, including excessive TV watching, gambling, drug use, cigarette smoking, and alcoholism.