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Psychosocial Correlates of Food Addiction and Its Association with Quality of Life in a Non-Clinical Adolescent Sample.
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- Health-related quality of life scores of typically developing children and adolescents around the world: a meta-analysis with meta-regression.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
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- Reliability and validity of the Addiction-Like eating behavior scale (AEBS) in a Peruvian adolescent population.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Psychosocial risk and protective factors for youth problem behavior are associated with food addiction in the Generation Z.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Food addiction and dietary restraint in postpartum women: The role of childhood trauma exposure and postpartum depression.Appetite · 2023Article
- Prevalence and correlates of addictive eating behaviours in a large cohort of Australian adolescents.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Childhood maltreatment and subsequent depressive symptoms: a prospective study of the sequential mediating role of self-esteem and internalizing/externalizing problems.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Association of Food Insecurity and Food Addiction Symptoms: A Secondary Analysis of Two Samples of Low-Income Female Adults.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Observational
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- Food Addiction and Emotional Eating Behaviors Co-Occurring with Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Food addiction comorbid to mental disorders in adolescents: a nationwide survey and register-based study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study of Correlation Between Food Addiction and Cognitive Behavioral Physical Activity.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Validation of the dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 and estimation of the weighted food addiction score in a sample of adolescents from the general population.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundMost studies related to food addiction have focused on assessing food addiction among adult populations. However, evidence in adolescents has been limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of food addiction in a non-clinical adolescent sample. Psychosocial correlations of food addiction and associations with different quality of life dimensions were also tested.
methodsThe sample included 593 Chinese adolescents (51.9% female; age range: 13⁻17 years). All participants provided sociodemographic information and completed questionnaires regarding food addiction, depression, self-esteem, loneliness, psychosocial problems, and quality of life (QoL).
resultsThe prevalence of food addiction was 6.91% in our sample. A multivariable logistic regression indicated that food addiction was associated with depression (AOR = 2.58; 95% CI: 1.32⁻5.05), low self-esteem (AOR = 2.75; 95% CI: 1.31⁻5.78), and loneliness (AOR = 2.30; 95% CI: 1.14⁻4.65). After multivariable adjustments for sociodemographic and psychological variables, food addiction was associated with lower overall QoL and psychosocial health of QoL.
conclusionsFood addiction may be common among Chinese adolescents. Food addiction was associated with depression, low self-esteem, and loneliness. Lastly, food addiction was also associated with lower overall QoL and psychosocial health of QoL. Future public health programs and interventions consider targeting the factors associated with food addiction to increase healthy eating behaviors among adolescents.
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