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Food addiction and its relationship with disordered eating behaviours and obesity.
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- The Relationship of Food Addiction With Other Eating Pathologies and Impulsivity: A Case-Control Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Brain-gut-microbiome interactions in obesity and food addiction.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020Review
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- Food Addiction Mediates the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Body Mass Index in Taiwan Young Adults.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Remission of Food Addiction Does Not Induce Cross-Addiction after Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: A Prospective Cohort Study.Obesity facts · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeFood addiction, eating disorders and obesity are all mutually reinforcing factors, or factors that can trigger each other. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between food addiction, disordered eating behaviours and obesity.
methodsThe study was conducted with 370 university students. Food addiction was assessed using the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) and disordered eating behaviours were assessed with the Eating Attitude Test (EAT)-26. A digital scale was used to measure weight, while for the measurement of height, waist and hip circumferences a non-stretching tape measure was used according to standard techniques.
resultsAmong the participants, 35.7% scored high on the EAT-26, while 21.1% scored high on the YFAS. Females constituted a higher ratio of those who had high scores on the YFAS and EAT-26 (p < 0.05). Overall, the ratio of YFAS high scorers was higher in the case of EAT-26 high scorers (32.6%) than that of low scorers (14.7%) (p < 0.001). A positive weak relationship existed between YFAS and EAT-26 scores (r = 0.165, p = 0.001) and the same between YFAS scores, weight, and body mass index (r = 0.263, p < 0.001; r = 0.319, p < 0.001, respectively).
conclusionIn summary, a positive relation was found between food addiction, disordered eating behaviours and body mass index. Females were shown to have a higher risk of food addiction and eating disorders than that of males. Further studies can be carried out to analyze these correlations using a wider range of controlling factors. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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