Amanda Polaro1 ; Roberta M Machado1 doi:10.2196/92810 From the Abstract: This formative research study focused on developing and validating a digital health educational intervention in accordance with the
By Hugo Francisco de Souza https://www.news-medical.net/health/Food-Addiction-Debate-Symptoms-Causes-and-Treatment.aspx This article explains that “Food Addiction” is a debated concept and is not currently an official diagnosis in major medical manuals
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1871164/abstract This study evaluates a short screening tool called CRAVED, which is designed to identify addictive-like eating behaviors related to ultra-processed foods. It compares CRAVED with
DiFeliceantonio, an appetitive neuroscientist at Virginia Tech, answers questions for Scientific American. Some excerpts: SA: What does it mean to have a “food addiction”? DiFeliceantonio: “When
Yekaninejad MS, Badrooj N, Vosoughi F, Lin CY, Potenza MN, Pakpour AH. Prevalence of food addiction in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes
Panahi Moghaddam, S. A., Amiri, P., Eini Zinab, H., & Saidpour, A. (2020). Validity and reliability of the Iranian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale
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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
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
Pipová, H., Kaščáková, N., Fürstová, J., & Tavel, P. (2020). Development of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0 summary version in a representative sample
