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
Overlaps in the nosology of substance abuse and overeating: the translational implications of “Food Addiction”
Avena, N. M., Bocarsly, M. E., Hoebel, B. G., & Gold, M. S. (2011). Overlaps in the nosology of substance abuse and overeating: the translational implications of “food addiction”. Curr Drug Abuse Rev, 4(3), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874473711104030133 From the abstract: “Using criteria set forth in the DSM-IV for substance-use disorders, we review data that have emerged from animal models suggesting that overeating, in the form of binge eating, fits some of the criteria for substance abuse. Further, we discuss preclinical data revealing that the addiction-like behavioral changes observed in response to overeating are concomitant with neurochemical changes that are similar to those observed in response to drugs of abuse.” Study link
Post-traumatic stress disorder and disordered eating: Food Addiction as self-medication
Brewerton, T. D. (2011). Post-traumatic stress disorder and disordered eating: Food Addiction as self-medication. J Womens Health (Larchmt), 20(8), 1133-1134. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2011.3050 Editorial