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Behav Sci (Basel). 2017 Aug 14;7(3). doi: 10.3390/bs7030054.

Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, and Obesity: Is There a Relationship?.

Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Tracy Burrows, Janelle Skinner, Rebecca McKenna, Megan Rollo

Affiliations

  1. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  2. Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  3. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  4. Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  5. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  6. Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  7. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].
  8. Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia. [email protected].

PMID: 28805749 PMCID: PMC5618062 DOI: 10.3390/bs7030054

Abstract

Existing research suggests that there is an overlap between binge eating disorder (BED) and the construct of 'food addiction' (FA). The objective of this study was to determine the overlapping features of BED and FA through a comparison of the individual scales of commonly used tools including the Binge Eating Scale (BES) and the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) in a sample of Australian adults. Adults (>18 years of age) were invited to complete an anonymous online survey on FA. Binge eating was assessed through the BES and addictive eating behaviours were assessed through the YFAS (

Keywords: binge eating; food addiction

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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