Kawada, T. (2020). Food addiction and psycho-physiological condition in patients with type 2 diabetes. Acta diabetologica, 57(10), 1271–1272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-020-01583-9 From the letter to the editor’s text: “Associations of food addiction with metabolic control, medical complications and depression among patients with type 2 diabetes and the relationship between diabetic retinopathy and psychosocial functioning is also observed.”
Mental and physical health-related quality of life and food addiction after obesity surgery: The first 2-year outputs
Ozyurek, P., & Cogalan, S. (2020). Mental and physical health-related quality of life and food addiction after obesity surgery: The first 2-year outputs. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12579 From the research article’s abstract: “Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate mental and physical health-related quality of life and food addiction of patients who underwent obesity surgery. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive design study was included 80 adult patients who completed the Yale Food Addiction Scale and the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Findings: It was found that mental and physical health mean scores of the patients were 61.48 and 72.43, respectively. None of the patients were food-addicted. Practice Implications: Patients were moderate level in the mental and physical health and were no food addiction in the first 2 years. It is thought that mental health support and follow-up following postoperative should be routinely.”
Validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C): Classical test theory and item response theory of the Persian YFAS-C
Lin, C. Y., Imani, V., Griffiths, M. D., & Pakpour, A. H. (2021). Validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C): Classical test theory and item response theory of the Persian YFAS-C. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 26(5), 1457–1466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00956-x From the research article’s abstract: “To examine whether the child/adolescent version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS-C) is valid to assess the Iranian adolescents who are overweight. After using an internationally standardized method to translate the YFAS-C into Persian, 1186 overweight/obese adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years participated in the present study [666 males; mean age = 15.5 (SD = 1.9) years; zBMI = 2.5 (1.0) kg/m²]. All the participants completed the Persian YFAS-C alongside Persian versions of the following scales: Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ), Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA), Binge Eating Scale (BES), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21). At the scale level, confirmatory factor analysis verified the single-factor structure of the Persian YFAS-C. Additionally, the Persian YFAS-C had promising properties regarding internal consistency (KR20 = 0.81),
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Meets Virtual Reality: The Potential of Integrating Brain Stimulation With a Simulative Technology for Food Addiction
Stramba-Badiale, C., Mancuso, V., Cavedoni, S., Pedroli, E., Cipresso, P., & Riva, G. (2020). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Meets Virtual Reality: The Potential of Integrating Brain Stimulation With a Simulative Technology for Food Addiction. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, 720. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00720 From the research article’s abstract: “The aim of this perspective is to propose and discuss the integration of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with virtual reality (VR) food exposure for therapeutic interventions for food addiction. “Food addiction” is a dysfunctional eating pattern which is typically observed in eating disorders (ED) such as bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Food addiction has been compared to substance use disorder due to the necessity of consuming a substance (food) and the presence of a dependence behavior. In recent years, VR has been applied in the treatment of ED because it triggers psychological and physiological responses through food exposure in place of real stimuli.
Examining the construct validity of food addiction severity specifiers
Wiedemann, A. A., Carr, M. M., Ivezaj, V., & Barnes, R. D. (2020). Examining the construct validity of food addiction severity specifiers. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 26, 1503–1509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00957-w From the research article’s abstract: “Purpose Food addiction (FA) is related to greater body mass index (BMI), eating-disorder psychopathology, food craving, and psychosocial impairment. Less is known regarding the utility of the FA severity specifiers, as measured by the number of symptoms endorsed on the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS 2.0). Methods Participants (N = 1854) were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk to complete an online survey on eating behaviors. Participants completed self-report measures assessing FA, eating-disorder psychopathology (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire), and food craving (Food Craving Inventory). Based on the YFAS 2.0 specifiers, participants were classified into four FA groups: No FA (n = 1643), mild (n = 40), moderate (n = 55), and severe (n = 116).
Food Addiction Mediates the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Body Mass Index in Taiwan Young Adults
Lin, Y. S., Tung, Y. T., Yen, Y. C., & Chien, Y. W. (2020). Food Addiction Mediates the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Body Mass Index in Taiwan Young Adults. Nutrients, 12(7), 1951. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071951 From the research article’s abstract: “Perceived stress is the degree of stress experienced by an individual in the face of a stressor. Studies have shown that stress affects emotions, leads to behavioral changes, and is likely to trigger physical illnesses. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), stress is classified as a health epidemic of the 21st century; in the meantime, the percentage of adults being overweight and with obesity has continued to grow after reaching 38.9% in 2016. Hence, it is unclear whether perceived stress has become a factor affecting progressive obesity and whether food addiction (FA) is an intermediate factor. The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate the FA prevalence among young adults in Taiwan, (2) understand correlations among perceived stress, FA, and the body mass index (BMI), and (3) determine the potential mediating effect of FA due to perceived stress on BMI.
Food Addiction among Female Patients Seeking Treatment for an Eating Disorder: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Fauconnier, M., et al. (2020). Food Addiction among Female Patients Seeking Treatment for an Eating Disorder: Prevalence and Associated Factors. Nutrients, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061897 From the clinical study’s abstract: “The prevalence of FA diagnosis (Yale Food Addiction Scale) in the whole ED sample was 83.6%; AN restrictive type (AN-R), 61.5%; AN binge-eating/purging type (AN-BP), 87.9%; bulimia nervosa (BN), 97.6%; and binge-eating disorder (BED), 93.3%.”
Internalized weight stigma and the progression of food addiction over time
Meadows, A., & Higgs, S. (2020). Internalized weight stigma and the progression of food addiction over time. Body Image, 34, 67–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.05.002 From the research article’s abstract: “Food addiction is associated with elevated levels of eating pathology, body image concerns, and internalized weight stigma. The role of internalized weight stigma in the progression of addictive-like eating has not been explored. This longitudinal study explored the relative contributions of weight-related self-devaluation and fear of being stigmatized by others in predicting changes in addictive-like eating behavior over time. 305 young adults (Mage = 18.7 years, SD = 1.1, range 18–28, MBMI = 21.9 kg/m2, SD =3.7 kg/m2, range 13.7–38.9 kg/m2) completed online measures of “food addiction,” weight-related self-devaluation, and fear of stigma from others at two time points (follow-up M = 280 days, SD = 30, range 155–474). At baseline, 7.9 % exhibited clinically relevant addictive-like eating behavior, 40.3 % self-classified as being “addicted to food”, and 51.8 % neither.
Fetal Programming by Methyl Donors Modulates Central Inflammation and Prevents Food Addiction-Like Behavior in Rats
Cruz-Carrillo, G., et al. (2020). Fetal Programming by Methyl Donors Modulates Central Inflammation and Prevents Food Addiction-Like Behavior in Rats. Front Neurosci, 14, 452. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00452 From the animal study’s text: “Fetal programming by methyl donors actively decreases addiction-like behavior to palatable food in the offspring, which correlates with a decrease in NAc shell methylome, expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes, and activity of phagocytic microglia.”
Food Addiction and Eating Addiction: Scientific Advances and Their Clinical, Social and Policy Implications
Carter, A., Hardman, C. A., & Burrows, T. (2020). Food Addiction and Eating Addiction: Scientific Advances and Their Clinical, Social and Policy Implications. Nutrients, 12(5), 1485. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12051485 “While Food Addiction is not yet recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), there are many similarities with substance use disorders, and a growing acceptance that some forms of obesity should be treated as a Food Addiction.” — From the Abstract