Does food addiction contribute to excess weight among clinic patients seeking weight reduction? Examination of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Survey
| Autor: | Anastasia J. Bullock, Robin M. Masheb, Lindsey M. Dorflinger, Christopher B. Ruser, Kathryn M. Min |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:RC435-571 Food addiction media_common.quotation_subject 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Overweight Weight Gain 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Weight loss lcsh:Psychiatry Surveys and Questionnaires Weight Loss mental disorders Weight management medicine Humans Obesity Disordered eating Psychiatry Aged Veterans media_common Yale Food Addiction Scale 030109 nutrition & dietetics business.industry Addiction Body Weight digestive oral and skin physiology Feeding Behavior Middle Aged Emotional eating Weight Reduction Programs Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Food Addiction Self Report medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 84, Iss, Pp 1-6 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 0010-440X |
| Popis: | Background: Despite controversy surrounding the construct of food addiction, its relationship with obesity and the validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), have become emerging fields of study. No prior research has examined the prevalence and correlates of food addiction, and validation of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale (mYFAS), in a non-research based weight management clinic setting. Objective: The current study sought to examine the validity of a brief version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale in weight loss seeking patients, and to determine whether food addiction contributes to excess weight in this patient population. Participants: The sample consisted of 126 Veterans with overweight/obesity who attended an orientation session for a weight management program. Participants (mean age = 61.8 years, mean BMI = 38.0, male = 89.7%, Caucasian = 76.0%) completed questionnaires related to food addiction, weight and eating, and mental health and behavior. Results: Ten percent of the sample met diagnostic threshold for food addiction. Correlational analysis revealed that food addiction was significantly and highly correlated with BMI, emotional eating, night eating and screens for depression and insomnia (p's |
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