Prevalence of food addiction and its association with anxiety, depression, and adherence to social distancing measures in Brazilian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide study

Autor: André Eduardo da Silva Júnior, Mateus de Lima Macena, Ana Debora Santos de Oliveira, Dafiny Rodrigues Silva Praxedes, Isabele Rejane de Oliveira Maranhão Pureza, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio, Ashley Nicole Gearhardt, Nassib Bezerra Bueno
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Eating and Weight Disorders
ISSN: 1590-1262
Popis: The study’s objective was to determine the prevalence of food addiction (FA) in Brazilian university students and to verify whether there is an association with anxiety, depression, and adherence to the social distancing measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a nationwide cross-sectional study carried out through the application of online questionnaires. Self-reported data on age, sex, economic class, race/skin color, anthropometric data, depression diagnosis, anxiety, modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (mYFAS 2.0), and adherence to social distancing measures were collected. 5368 participants were included, with a mean age was 24.1 ± 6.3 years, the majority were female (n = 3990; 74.3%), and the mean BMI in our sample was 24.5 ± 5.3 kg/m2. The prevalence of FA was 19.1% (95%CI: 18.0; 20.0%). An association was observed between FA with depression (PR: 1.60; 95%CI: 1.43; 1.78; p
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