Thinking about food is entirely normal—whether it’s mentally going over your shopping list or salivating at the prospect of the lasagna waiting at home in the fridge. But when these thoughts start to become intrusive or persistent—especially when we’re not actually hungry—it can become an issue.

This sort of constant preoccupation with food has been dubbed “food noise,” and refers to a constant mental rumination about food. It can be a drain on our mental energy and general well-being, and even affect our mood or relationships. The concept of food noise has become more widely discussed in the wake of the mainstreaming of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and other GLP-1 analogues . Initially developed for people with Type 2 diabetes, one of the most commonly reported side effects of the dr

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