Estimation of behavioral addiction prevalence during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Alimoradi, A Lotfi, CY Lin, MD Griffiths… - Current addiction …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The COVID-19 pandemic changed people's lifestyles and such
changed lifestyles included the potential of increasing addictive behaviors. The present …

Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria

AN Gearhardt, AG DiFeliceantonio - Addiction, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is growing evidence that an addictive‐eating phenotype may exist. There
is significant debate regarding whether highly processed foods (HPFs; foods with refined …

[HTML][HTML] Social, clinical, and policy implications of ultra-processed food addiction

AN Gearhardt, NB Bueno, AG DiFeliceantonio… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
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Prevalence of food addiction determined by the Yale Food Addiction Scale and associated factors: A systematic review with meta‐analysis

DRS Praxedes, AE Silva‐Júnior… - European Eating …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine, through a systematic review with meta‐analysis, the prevalence of
food addiction (FA) using the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) and its derivatives exploring …

Ultra-processed food addiction: an epidemic?

EM LaFata, AN Gearhardt - Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 2022 - karger.com
The prevalence of obesity doubled since the 1980s, resulting in exponentially higher
incidence rates of diet-related diseases [1, 2]. These drastic changes cannot be attributed to …

Food addiction and lifestyle habits among university students

C Romero-Blanco, A Hernández-Martínez… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing in our society, with a complex,
multifactorial origin, and associated with greater morbidity and mortality in the population …

Food addiction and mental health in adolescents: a systematic review

J Skinner, H Jebeile, T Burrows - The Lancet Child & Adolescent …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The intersection between eating behaviours and mental health has garnered substantial
attention in recent years. For this Review, we systematically reviewed the available research …

[HTML][HTML] Food addiction

H Krupa, AN Gearhardt, A Lewandowski, NM Avena - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this review, we aim to draw a connection between drug addiction and overconsumption of
highly palatable food (OHPF) by discussing common behaviors and neurochemical …

Co-occurrence of food addiction, obesity, problematic substance use, and parental history of problematic alcohol use.

LV Hoover, HP Yu, JR Cummings… - Psychology of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The present study investigates the rates of co-occurrence among food addiction
(FA), problematic substance use (alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, nicotine vaping), parental …

Current intervention treatments for food addiction: a systematic review

M Leary, KM Pursey, A Verdejo-Garcia… - Behavioral Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research on the concept of food addiction (FA) has steadily grown and, based on a widely
used self-report, FA is estimated to affect between 16–20% of the adult population. However …