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 research article: “Nicolau et al. [1] conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the associations of food addiction (FA) with metabolic control, medical complications, and depression among 625 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) was used to diagnose FA. The authors concluded that FA was positively associated with body mass index (BMI), depression, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. In addition, FA was also associated with the presence of macroangiopathy. I have some concerns about their study. First, Yang et al. [2] conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the prevalence of FA in 578 patients with newly diagnosed T2D. The prevalence of FA was 5.4%, and FA was positively associated with BMI, visceral fat accumulation, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance. In addition, FA was also associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms.