Michael Moss is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author of the books Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us and Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions. He explains that food addiction is not our fault but we can break out of it. 

Here are some links to additional reading Moss recommends:

The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman

Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters by Gordon Shepherd