Jônatas Oliveira1, Maíra Stivaleti Colombarolli2, Táki Athanássios Cordás3. 1. Eating Disorders Program (AMBULIM/PROTAD), Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: oliveira.jonatas@usp.br. 2. Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 3. Eating Disorders Program (AMBULIM/PROTAD), Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Research on food addiction (FA) has been growing and increasing interest has been seen in comprehending its mechanisms and clinical and psychological correlates of this phenomena. This field of study is specially apply to understand obesity and eating behavior issues related to eating disorders (ED). OBJECTIVES: We performed a literature review that describe recent research using the updated version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS 2.0) or modified-YFAS (mYFAS 2.0), from the date of its publication. METHODS: Search were performed in Web of Science, Pubmed and PsycNET databases for studies that used the YFAS 2.0 and mYFAS 2.0. RESULTS: The studies (n = 53) investigated adaptation and validation of the scale in different cultures (n = 13), prevalence on nonclinical populations and representative samples (n = 5), food addiction in obesity samples (n = 11), in samples with ED and disordered eating (n = 10) and studies that investigated FA in association with other clinical and psychological variables (n = 14). DISCUSSION: Studies with the YFAS 2.0 reveal higher prevalence of FA in different samples, and a great association between FA and BED, BN and obesity. Implications for diagnostic of this phenomena and the overlap between FA and other disorders are discussed. CONCLUSIONS: The field of FA remains an open subject and effort must be implied to understand the subjective experience of addiction related to eating and food.
BACKGROUND: Research on food addiction (FA) has been growing and increasing interest has been seen in comprehending its mechanisms and clinical and psychological correlates of this phenomena. This field of study is specially apply to understand obesity and eating behavior issues related to eating disorders (ED). OBJECTIVES: We performed a literature review that describe recent research using the updated version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS 2.0) or modified-YFAS (mYFAS 2.0), from the date of its publication. METHODS: Search were performed in Web of Science, Pubmed and PsycNET databases for studies that used the YFAS 2.0 and mYFAS 2.0. RESULTS: The studies (n = 53) investigated adaptation and validation of the scale in different cultures (n = 13), prevalence on nonclinical populations and representative samples (n = 5), food addiction in obesity samples (n = 11), in samples with ED and disordered eating (n = 10) and studies that investigated FA in association with other clinical and psychological variables (n = 14). DISCUSSION: Studies with the YFAS 2.0 reveal higher prevalence of FA in different samples, and a great association between FA and BED, BN and obesity. Implications for diagnostic of this phenomena and the overlap between FA and other disorders are discussed. CONCLUSIONS: The field of FA remains an open subject and effort must be implied to understand the subjective experience of addiction related to eating and food.
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