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 …

The obesity epidemic has been widely publicized in the media worldwide. Investigators at all
levels have been looking for factors that have contributed to the development of this …

Objective The aim of the current research was to identify the extent to which reward
sensitivity and impulsivity were related to food addiction. Method Forty‐five studies …

Background: The concept of food addiction attracts much interest in the scientific community.
Research is mainly based on the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), a tool developed to …

Purpose Health sciences, and in particular Nutrition and Dietetics students, have been
shown to exhibit an increased prevalence of disordered eating. The aim of the present cross …

Converging evidence from both animal and human studies have implicated hedonic eating
as a driver of both binge eating and obesity. The construct of food addiction has been used …

This review, focused on food addiction (FA), considers opinions from specialists with
different expertise in addiction medicine, nutrition, health psychology, and behavioral …

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 …

Objective Binge eating disorder (BED), although relatively recently recognized as a distinct
clinical syndrome, is the most common eating disorder. BED can occur as a separate …

In addition to its immediate negative consequences, childhood sexual abuse is associated
with lifelong deleterious mental and physical health outcomes. This review employs a …