The association between food addiction, disordered eating behaviors and food intake

• Autor(a) principal: SENGOR, Gulhan
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: GEZER, Ceren
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/6613
• topic: Feeding and eating disorders; Food addiction; Food consumption

ObjectiveThis study was conducted with 370 undergraduate students to investigate the relationship between food intake, food addiction and disordered eating behavior.MethodsThe Yale Food Addiction Scale, Eating Attitude Test-26 and Food Frequency Questionnaire were used to assess food addiction, disordered eating behavior and food intake.ResultsA positive weak correlation was found between the Yale Food Addiction Scale and daily energy, carbohydrate and fat intake (r=0.228, p<0.001; r=0.222, p<0.001; r=0.225, p<0.001 respectively) whereas a negative weak correlation was found between Eating Attitude Test-26 and daily energy and carbohydrate intake (r=-0.105, p=0.044; r=-0.116, p=0.025 respectively).ConclusionFood intake is associated with food addiction and disordered eating behaviour. Further research should be conducted with a larger population also examining body composition, exercises and financial situation of the individuals because all of these factors have an influence on the nutritional status and eating behavior as well.