Food addiction in a large non-clinical sample of Canadians
Introduction The concept of food addiction emerged recently due to the similarities between food overconsumption patterns and addictive drugs. This concept is not yet included into ICD or DSM as it still needs to be further investigated.
A. Samokhvalov +3 more
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The food addiction construct is receiving increasing attention from researchers and clinicians worldwide. Given its rise, scientific production on the subject is increasingly abundant. Conducting studies evaluating food addiction in emerging countries is
André Eduardo da Silva Júnior +3 more
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Growth hormone, growth hormone receptor and insulin-like growth factor serum levels in patients with obesity and food addiction [PDF]
Obesity is a public health problem that increasingly becomes widespread and causes various complications. Food addiction is a hedonic eating behavior characterized by overconsumption of palatable foods (i.e., foods involve a high amount of salt, sugar ...
O. Avsar, S. Sancak, I. Koroglu, E. Avci
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Emotion dysregulation and loneliness as predictors of food addiction [PDF]
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate whether multiple aspects of emotion dysregulation contribute to the etiology of Food Addiction (FA); as well as to provide further evidence and clarity regarding the role of loneliness on the development of ...
Kamal, Atiya +3 more
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Believing in food addiction: helpful or counter-productive for eating behaviour? [PDF]
Objective: Obesity is often attributed to an addiction to food, and many people believe themselves to be “food addicts.” However, little is known about how such beliefs may affect dietary control and weight management.
Christiansen, P +5 more
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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 [PDF]
International audienceObjective: Food addiction is a concept that has recently been proposed by applying the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision, criteria for substance dependence to eating behaviour. Food
Ballon, Nicolas +4 more
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Sugar addiction: the state of the science. [PDF]
PURPOSE: As obesity rates continue to climb, the notion that overconsumption reflects an underlying 'food addiction' (FA) has become increasingly influential.
Fletcher, Paul C +2 more
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Food and drug addictions:similarities and differences [PDF]
This review examines the merits of ‘food addiction’ as an explanation of excessive eating (i.e., eating in excess of what is required to maintain a healthy body weight). It describes various apparent similarities in appetites for foods and drugs.
Rogers, Peter
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Getting science to the citizen : 'food addiction' at the British Science Festival as a case study of interactive public engagement with high profile scientific controversy [PDF]
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Albayrak O +12 more
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Food craving in food addiction
Food craving refers to an intense desire to consume a specific type of food. This chapter describes features of food craving (such as the type of foods craved, sex and cultural differences, its distinctiveness from hunger, and psychological theories on the emergence of food cravings) and their role in addiction-like eating behavior.
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