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Food addiction and psychiatric comorbidities: a review of current evidence.
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- The Impact of Fear of Missing out (FoMO) on Addictive Eating: A Moderated Mediation Model.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Food addiction in behavioral addictions: a network approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Food Addiction Is Strongly Associated With Psychopathology and Reduced Psychological Well-Being Among Adults Irrespective of BMI.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Alterations in the resting-state functional networks are associated with food addiction: an EEG study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Prevalence of food addiction and sex-specific correlates in a large sample of Iranian adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- First do no harm: the impact of assessing for ultra-processed food addiction on dietary restraint in patients with and without eating disorders during residential treatment.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Food addiction and its associations with mental and physical health comorbidities and with quality of life in the general population.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Understanding food addiction in obesity: a genetic perspective.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Food Addiction and Obesity: A Critical Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Food addiction and associated factors in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparison with siblings and healthy controls.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Reliability and validity of the Addiction-Like eating behavior scale (AEBS) in a Peruvian adolescent population.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Comparison of Attachment Styles of Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and Individuals with Obesity.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring the prevalence and symptom presentation of food addiction among Norwegian bariatric surgery patients: associations with depression, dysregulated eating, and postoperative weight loss.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- The Food Addiction Clinical Treatment (FACT) Manual: A Harm Reduction Treatment Approach.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ultra-Processed Foods and Mental Health: Where Do Eating Disorders Fit into the Puzzle?Nutrients · 2024Review
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- Relationship Between BMI, Self-Rated Depression, and Food Addiction-A Cross-Sectional Study of Adults in Postpandemic Poland.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Plasma concentration of leptin is related to food addiction in gambling disorder: Clinical and neuropsychological implications.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- Is Food Addiction a Specific Feature of Individuals Seeking Dietary Treatment from Nutritionists?Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Article
- Brain-gut microbiome profile of neuroticism predicts food addiction in obesity: A transdiagnostic approach.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFood addiction (FA) is characterised by the consumption of appetible foods and by addictive psychological and behavioural symptoms such as cravings, tolerance, limited control of substance intake and withdrawal symptoms. Despite previous research on FA has been hindered by the lack of a formal definition for this condition, recent global trends have stirred the interest of the scientific community towards a proper classification and construct of FA. More specifically, recent studies have pointed towards shared defective neurobiological mechanisms as well as frequent comorbidities between FA, eating disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and substance-related and addictive disorders.
objectiveIn this review, we will provide an overview of the complex symptomatology of food addiction evaluating its relationship with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and substance-related and addictive disorders.
methodsWe wrote a systematic review and followed a PRISMA methods.
resultsPatients with FA and substance use disorders show similar risk factors, neurobiological and hormonal correlates, personality traits and symptom profiles. The presence of FA appears to be directly proportional to the burden of symptoms of affective disorder. The comorbidity between FA and other eating disorders is associated with worse clinical conditions and symptoms.
conclusionFA should be considered a sort of transnosological construct existing in different psychopathological domains that have similarities with substance-related, affective, and eating disorders. Furthermore, FA seems to be likely an important factor related to several psychopathological dimensions, but further studies are needed to clarify this view. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, review article.
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