Bou Khalil, R., Sleilaty, G., Richa, S., Seneque, M., Iceta, S., Rodgers, R., Alacreu-Crespo, A., Maimoun, L., Lefebvre, P., Renard, E., Courtet, P., & Guillaume, S. (2020). The Impact of Retrospective Childhood Maltreatment on Eating Disorders as Mediated by Food Addiction: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102969 Conclusion: “Although cross-sectional, our findings support the existence of a mediated relationship between retrospective childhood maltreatment and ED, via FA, especially in the presence of a history of physical neglect. Patients with severe ED symptoms and a history of childhood maltreatment should be systematically assessed for the presence of FA. Moreover, when childhood maltreatment is documented in patients with ED, tailoring treatment plans to specifically address FA should be considered.”
The Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0: Validation Among Non-Clinical and Clinical French-Speaking Samples and Comparison With the Full Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0
Brunault, P., Berthoz, S., Gearhardt, A. N., Gierski, F., Kaladjian, A., Bertin, E., Tchernof, A., Biertho, L., de Luca, A., Hankard, R., Courtois, R., Ballon, N., Benzerouk, F., & Begin, C. (2020). The Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0: Validation Among Non-Clinical and Clinical French-Speaking Samples and Comparison With the Full Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0. Front Psychiatry,11, 480671. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.480671 “In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the mYFAS 2.0 had psychometric properties close to those of the full YFAS 2.0 in both a non-clinical sample and in treatment seeking patients with obesity: unidimensionality, acceptable to good internal consistency and good convergent validity. Although valid and reliable in patients with obesity, our results demonstrated that the use of the mYFAS 2.0 in this clinical population might lead to a significant underestimation of FA prevalence and number of FA symptoms when compared to the full YFAS 2.0. Use of the YFAS 2.0 and mYFAS 2.0 in future studies will enable a better delineation of the limits of the FA concept and its potential predictive validity over important outcomes measurements after treatment.”
Food addiction in young adult residents of Russia: Associations with emotional and anthropometric characteristics
Borisenkov, M. F., Popov, S. V., Pecherkina, A. A., Dorogina, O. I., Martinson, E. A., Vetosheva, V. I., Gubin, D. G., Solovieva, S. V., Turovinina, E. F., & Symaniuk, E. E. (2020). Food addiction in young adult residents of Russia: Associations with emotional and anthropometric characteristics. Eur Eat Disord Rev, 28(4), 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2731 Highlight: “The prevalence of Food Addiction in the current sample was 13.2%.”
Food Addiction and symptoms of depression among inhabitants of the European North of Russia: Associations with sleep characteristics and photoperiod
Borisenkov, M. F., Popov, S. V., Tserne, T. A., Bakutova, L. A., Pecherkina, A. A., Dorogina, O. I., Martinson, E. A., Vetosheva, V. I., Gubin, D. G., Solovieva, S. V., Turovinina, E. F., & Symanyuk, E. E. (2020). Food addiction and symptoms of depression among inhabitants of the European North of Russia: Associations with sleep characteristics and photoperiod. Eur Eat Disord Rev, 28(3), 332-342. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2728
A prospective study on the link between weight-related self-stigma and binge eating: Role of Food Addiction and psychological distress
Daniel K. Ahorsu MPhil, Chung-Ying Lin PhD, Vida Imani MD, Mark D. Griffiths PhD, Jian-An Su MD, Janet D. Latner PhD, Rachel D. Marshall MA, Amir H. Pakpour PhD, Intl Jour Eat Dis Volume53, Issue3 March 2020, Pages 442-450, https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23219 Results: “There was no significant direct association between weight-related self-stigma and binge eating. However, Food Addiction and psychological distress significantly mediated the association between weight-related self-stigma and binge eating.”
A prospective study on the link between weight-related self-stigma and binge eating: Role of Food Addiction and psychological distress
Ahorsu, D. K., Lin, C. Y., Imani, V., Griffiths, M. D., Su, J. A., Latner, J. D., Marshall, R. D., & Pakpour, A. H. (2020). A prospective study on the link between weight-related self-stigma and binge eating: Role of Food Addiction and psychological distress. Int J Eat Disord, 53(3), 442-450. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23219 Excerpt: “These findings highlight the indirect association between weight-related self-stigma and binge eating via food addiction and psychological distress. Consequently, intervention programs targeting food addiction and psychological distress among adolescents may have significant positive effects on outcomes for weight-related self-stigma and binge eating.” Study linkhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30706243/
A Critical Examination of the Practical Implications Derived from the Food Addiction Concept
Meule A. A Critical Examination of the Practical Implications Derived from the Food Addiction Concept. Curr Obes Rep. 2019 Mar;8(1):11-17. doi: 10.1007/s13679-019-0326-2. PMID: 30706243; PMCID: PMC6424934 Purpose of review: Adopting an addiction perspective on eating disorders and obesity may have practical implications for diagnostic classification, prevention, and treatment of these disorders. The present article critically examines these implications derived from the Food Addiction concept.
Neuroanatomical correlates of food addiction symptoms and body mass index in the general population
Beyer, F., García-García, I., Heinrich, M., Schroeter, M. L., Sacher, J., Luck, T., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Stumvoll, M., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. (2019). Neuroanatomical correlates of food addiction symptoms and body mass index in the general population. Hum Brain Mapp, 40(9), 2747-2758. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24557 Takeaway: No association found with Food Addiction symptoms and cortical thickness in a whole brain analysis.
Prevalence of Food Addiction and Binge Eating in an Italian sample of bariatric surgery candidates and overweight/obese patients seeking low-energy-diet therapy
Bianciardi, E., Fabbricatore, M., Di Lorenzo, G., Innamorati, M., Tomassini, L., Gentileschi, P., Niolu, C., Siracusano, A., & Imperatori, C. (2019). Prevalence of Food Addiction and Binge Eating in an Italian sample of bariatric surgery candidates and overweight/obese patients seeking low-energy-diet therapy. Riv Psichiatr, 54(3), 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1708/3181.31602 Discussion/conclusion: “Our results confirm that both FA and clinical level of binge eating are common problems in both overweight/obese patients seeking low-energy-diet therapy and in obese bariatric surgery candidates, justifying the clinical utility of assessing these dysfunctional eating patterns.”
Compulsive “grazing” and addictive tendencies towards food
Bonder, R., Davis, C., Kuk, J. L., & Loxton, N. J. (2018). Compulsive “grazing” and addictive tendencies towards food. Eur Eat Disord Rev, 26(6), 569-573. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2642 Excerpt: “Results indicated that addictive personality traits, reward-driven eating, and compulsive grazing each contributed unique variance to the YFAS symptom score. These findings provide novel insight into the association between a grazing pattern of overeating and food addiction, and emphasize that similar to traditional addiction disorders such as alcoholism, binge consumption is not the only pattern of compulsive intake.”