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Food addiction: Prevalence, psychopathological correlates and associations with quality of life in a large sample
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Objective To determine the prevalence of food addiction in a large Brazilian non-clinical sample. Sociodemographic and psychopathological correlates of food addiction as well as associations with quality (QoL) domains were also investigated.Methods This cross-sectional study obtained data from a Brazilian anonymous web-based research platform (N = 7639; 71.3% females). Participants provided sociodemographic data and completed the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, PHQ-9, hypomania checklist (HCL-32), Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, AUDIT, modified Skin picking-Stanford questionnaire, Minnesota impulsive disorders interview, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised inventory (SCL-90R), early trauma inventory self report-short form, and the WHO Quality of Life instrument-Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-Bref). Associations were adjusted to potential confounders through multivariable models.Results The prevalence of food addiction was 4.32% (95%CI: 3.89-4.80%), and was more common among females. Food addiction was associated with a positive screen for a major depressive episode (OR = 4.41; 95%CI: 3.46-5.62), bipolar spectrum disorder (OR = 1.98; 95%CI: 1.43-2.75), and skin picking disorder (OR = 2.02; 95%CI: 1.31-3.09). Food addiction was also independently associated with exposure to early life psychological and sexual abuse (P = 0.008) as well as with reduced physical, psychological, social, and environment QoL (all P < 0.001).Conclusions Food addiction may be common in low and middle-income countries, though possibly less prevalent than in the US. Food addiction was associated with co-occurring mood disorders and skin picking disorder as well as with early life psychological and sexual abuse. Finally, food addiction was independently associated with broad reductions in QoL. Public health efforts towards the early recognition and management of food addiction are warranted.
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- Authors
- Nunes-Neto, P. R., Köhler, C. A., Schuch, F. B., Solmi, M., Quevedo, J., Maes, M., Murru, A., Vieta, E., McIntyre, R. S., McElroy, S. L., Gearhardt, A. N., Stubbs, B., & Carvalho, A. F.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Ceará (BR)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (BR)
- University of Padua (IT)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- University Health Network (CA)
- Lindner Center of HOPE (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Psychiatric Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-01
- Volume
- 96
- Pages
- 145-152
- ISSN
- 0022-3956 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2762276750
- Cited by
- 150
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 11
- FWCI
- 30.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (447414/2014-3)
- McGovern Medical School
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University
- Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense
- Instituto Mente e Cérebro - Neurociência
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- food addiction, prevalence, quality of life, depressive disorders, bipolar spectrum disorders, skin picking disorder, psychological violence, sexual abuse, psychopathology, Yale Food Addiction Scale, non-clinical population
- MeSH terms
- Food Addiction, Adolescent, Adult, Brazil, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Quality of Life, Sex Factors, Prevalence, Multivariate Analysis, Young Adult
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