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- Title
Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, and Obesity: Is There a Relationship?
- Authors
Burrows, Tracy; Skinner, Janelle; McKenna, Rebecca; Rollo, Megan
- Abstract
Existing research suggests that there is an overlap between binge eating disorder (BED) and the construct of 'food addiction' (FA). The objective of this study was to determine the overlapping features of BED and FA through a comparison of the individual scales of commonly used tools including the Binge Eating Scale (BES) and the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) in a sample of Australian adults. Adults (>18 years of age) were invited to complete an anonymous online survey on FA. Binge eating was assessed through the BES and addictive eating behaviours were assessed through the YFAS (n = 1344). The prevalence and severity of both FA and binge eating increased across weight categories. The overall correlation between the total score from the BES and FA symptoms was r = 0.76, p < 0.001; for females it was r = 0.77, p < 0.001, and for males it was r = 0.65, p < 0.001. Total BES score and the BES emotion factor were most often associated with FA symptoms, as was demonstrated to produce stronger correlations with FA symptoms. In contrast, the BES behaviour factor was less strongly associated to FA with the majority of correlations <0.6. This study demonstrates the overlap between BED and FA, and highlights the possible unique differences between the forms of disordered eating.
- Subjects
COMPULSIVE eating; OBESITY; INTERNET surveys; DISEASES in adults; DISEASE prevalence; STATISTICAL correlation
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3, p54
- ISSN
2076-328X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bs7030054