No control and overwhelming cravings: Australian adults’ perspectives on the experience of food addiction

Collins, Rebecca; Haracz, Kirsti; Leary, Mark; Rollo, Megan E.; Burrows, Tracy

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2020.105054

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“…The association between FA symptoms and self-control reported in this study is consistent with the findings of recent studies, suggesting that self-control may be a contributing factor to unhealthy eating behaviours, including FA [ 17 , 23 , 62 ]. A study by Luo et al (2022), which comprised a cohort of college students, found a significant negative correlation between self-control and FA [ 63 ], while other studies of adult populations with FA have reported similar findings of reduced self-control [ 64 , 65 ]. The Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS), which is widely used for measuring trait self-control in various fields of psychological research [ 66 ], is used minimally within an adolescent eating behaviour context.…”

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Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents

Leary

Pursey

Verdejo-García

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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Adolescence is considered an important period of neurodevelopment. It is a time for the emergence of psychosocial vulnerabilities, including symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and increased engagement in unhealthy eating behaviours. Food addiction (FA) in adolescents is an area of study where there has been substantial growth. However, to date, limited studies have considered what demographic characteristics of adolescents may predispose them to endorse greater symptoms of FA. Studies have found a variety of factors that often cluster with and may influence an adolescent’s eating behaviour such as sleep, level of self-control, and parenting practices, as well as bullying. Therefore, this study investigated a range of socio-demographic-, trait-, mental health-, and lifestyle-related profiles (including self-control, parenting, bullying, and sleep) as proximal factors associated with symptoms of FA, as assessed via the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C) in a large sample of Australian adolescents. Following data cleaning, the final analysed sample included 6587 students (age 12.9 years ± 0.39; range 10.9–14.9 years), with 50.05% identifying as male (n = 3297), 48.5% as female (n = 3195), 1.02% prefer not to say (n = 67), and 0.43% as non-binary (n = 28). Self-control was found to be the most significant predictor of the total FA symptom score, followed by female gender, sleep quality, and being a victim of bullying. Universal prevention programs should therefore aim to address these factors to help reduce the prevalence or severity of FA symptoms within early adolescent populations.

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Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents

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Pursey

Verdejo-García

et al. 2022

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“…In the current study, ETs experienced food cravings more frequently than MTs in ONTIME‐MT and DICACEM, and the same phenomenon was observed when using DLMO as categorization of chronotype. In a previous study [40], individuals who manifested food craving identified three different components: (1) a loss/lack of control as a need or obsession to eat this food, (2) immediate regret with a desire to regain and gain control for personal health/perception, and (3) a social context that triggers the overeating behavior.…”

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Evening types as determined by subjective and objective measures are more emotional eaters

Garaulet

Vizmanos

Muela

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Obesity

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Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between being an evening type (ET; defined subjectively by the Morning-Evening Questionnaire or objectively by the dim-light melatonin onset [DLMO] timing) and reporting emotional eating (EE) behaviors. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted in 3964 participants (four international cohorts: ONTIME and ONTIME-MT [both Spain], SHIFT [the US], and DICA-CEM [Mexico]), in which chronotype (Morning-Evening Questionnaire), EE behaviors (Emotional Eating Questionnaire), and dietary habits (dietary records or foodfrequency questionnaire) were assessed. Among 162 participants (ONTIME-MT subsample), additional measures of DLMO (physiological gold standard of circadian phase) were available. Marta Garaulet and Barbara Vizmanos contributed equally to this work.

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“…According to current data, more than one billion people in the world are obese and the World Health Organization estimates that approximately 167 million people will be less healthy by the year 2025 due to being overweight or obese. Obesity is one of the main adverse health conditions capable of compromising physical and mental health and is directly related to psychiatric and eating disorders [ 1 , 8 , 10 ]. Therefore, the present study evaluated associations between BED, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in obese candidates for bariatric surgery.…”

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“…Binge eating disorder (BED) is one of the most common eating disorders in the obese population [ 8 , 9 ]. BED is characterized by high food intake in a short period of time, a lack of control over food and consequent psychological suffering [ 10 , 11 ].…”

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Binge eating, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in obese candidates for bariatric surgery

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Purpose The aim of the present study was to determine possible associations between binge eating, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in obese candidates for bariatric surgery. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 254 obese patients recruited from the general surgery service for bariatric procedures at the hospital affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Evaluations were performed using the Binge Eating Scale (BES), Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI) and a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic characteristics. Results Most patients were women (82%), 48% had a moderate binge eating disorder, 42% a severe binge eating disorder, 32% had symptoms suggestive of mild, moderate or severe depression and 6% had suicidal ideation. Severe binge eating was positively associated with depressive symptoms (p < 0.001) and suicidal ideation (p < 0.05). Cases of severe binge eating were more frequent in young adults, but not necessarily associated with symptoms of depression or suicidal ideation in this portion of the sample. Conclusions The present findings underscore the need for psychological and psychiatric follow-up of obese candidates for bariatric surgery using appropriate assessment scales to guide therapeutic approaches. Level III Evidence obtained from cross-sectional study.

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No control and overwhelming cravings: Australian adults’ perspectives on the experience of food addiction

Cited by 9 publications

References 38 publications

Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents

Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents

Evening types as determined by subjective and objective measures are more emotional eaters

Binge eating, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in obese candidates for bariatric surgery

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