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.”
Food Addiction, in obese patients seeking bariatric surgery, is associated with higher prevalence of current mood and anxiety disorders and past mood disorders
Benzerouk, F., Gierski, F., Ducluzeau, P. H., Bourbao-Tournois, C., Gaubil-Kaladjian, I., Bertin, É., Kaladjian, A., Ballon, N., & Brunault, P. (2018). Food addiction, in obese patients seeking bariatric surgery, is associated with higher prevalence of current mood and anxiety disorders and past mood disorders. Psychiatry Res, 267, 473-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.087 Excerpt: “In this study, we found that the FA phenotype, as assessed by the YFAS 2.0, is reliable and prevalent in a population of bariatric surgery candidates and that this phenotype was associated with higher prevalence of several psychiatric disorders…”
Are emotionally driven and addictive-like eating behaviors the missing links between psychological distress and greater body weight?
Bourdier, L., Orri, M., Carre, A., Gearhardt, A. N., Romo, L., Dantzer, C., & Berthoz, S. (2018). Are emotionally driven and addictive-like eating behaviors the missing links between psychological distress and greater body weight? Appetite, 120, 536-546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.10.013 From the conclusion: “Our results stress the importance of considering overeating to reduce negative emotions and addictive-like eating as eating-related phenotypes that may increase the likelihood of having a higher BMI. Here, this was the case for both females and males. This study further underline the importance of paying regard to the links between how one’s feel and one’s eat in the multidimensional treatment of compulsive eating behaviors …”
A solution-focused approach to understanding patient motivation in diabetes self-management: Gender differences and implications for primary care
Bhaloo, T., Juma, M., & Criscuolo-Higgins, C. (2018). A solution-focused approach to understanding patient motivation in diabetes self-management: Gender differences and implications for primary care. Chronic Illn, 14(4), 243-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395317736372 Excerpt: “Our findings suggest that physicians need to be mindful of possible gender differences and how gender plays a role in what patients need from them.”
Validation of the Italian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (I-YFAS 2.0) in a sample of undergraduate students
Aloi, M., Rania, M., Rodriguez Munoz, R. C., Jimenez Murcia, S., Fernandez-Aranda, F., De Fazio, P., & Segura-Garcia, C. (2017). Validation of the Italian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (I-YFAS 2.0) in a sample of undergraduate students. Eat Weight Disord, 22(3), 527-533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0421-x Conclusion: “The Italian version of the YFAS 2.0 has demonstrated in a sample of university students to be a useful tool to investigate Food Addictions.” Study link
Validation of the French Version of the DSM-5 Yale Food Addiction Scale in a Nonclinical Sample
Brunault, P., Courtois, R., Gearhardt, A. N., Gaillard, P., Journiac, K., Cathelain, S., Reveillere, C., & Ballon, N. (2017). Validation of the French Version of the DSM-5 Yale Food Addiction Scale in a Nonclinical Sample. Can J Psychiatry, 62(3), 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743716673320 From the conclusions: “We validated a psychometrically sound French version of the YFAS 2.0 in a nonclinical population, in both its symptom count and diagnostic versions.”
Prevalence of Food Addiction Among Low-Income Reproductive-Aged Women
Berenson, A. B., Laz, T. H., Pohlmeier, A. M., Rahman, M., & Cunningham, K. A. (2015). Prevalence of Food Addiction Among Low-Income Reproductive-Aged Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt),24(9), 740-744. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2014.5182 Conclusion: “These findings demonstrated a low prevalence of Food Addiction among low-income, reproductive-aged women. Racial differences were observed in the YFAS symptom count score, but not in the overall prevalence of Food Addiction. Additionally, women with Food Addiction had higher levels of depression than women without Food Addiction.”
Validation of the French version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: an examination of its factor structure, reliability, and construct validity in a nonclinical sample
Brunault, P., Ballon, N., Gaillard, P., Reveillere, C., & Courtois, R. (2014). Validation of the French version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: an examination of its factor structure, reliability, and construct validity in a nonclinical sample. Can J Psychiatry, 59(5), 276-284. https://doi.org/10.1177/070674371405900507 Conclusion: “In our study, we validated a psychometrically sound French version of the YFAS, both in its symptom count and diagnostic version.”
Further developments in the neurobiology of food and addiction: Update on the state of the science
Nicole M. Avena, Jessica A. Gold, Cindy Kroll, Mark S. Gold, Further developments in the neurobiology of food and addiction: Update on the state of the science, Nutrition, Volume 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-343, ISSN 0899-9007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2011.11.002. Review article