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Food addiction among men and women in India
Author(s) -
Wiedemann Ashley A.,
Lawson Jessica L.,
Cunningham Paige M.,
Khalvati Kathryn M.,
Lydecker Janet A.,
Ivezaj Valentina,
Grilo Carlos M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.2613
Subject(s) - food addiction , binge eating , psychopathology , body mass index , eating disorders , medicine , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , addiction , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Objective This study aimed to address a cultural gap in the food addiction (FA) literature by examining FA and associated clinical features in a nonclinical group of men and women residing in India. Method Participants ( N = 415) were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk to complete an online survey about weight and eating. Participants completed self‐report measures assessing FA (Yale Food Addiction Scale [YFAS]), eating‐disorder psychopathology (Eating Disorder Examination‐Questionnaire [EDE‐Q]), health‐related quality of life (Short Form Health Survey—12‐item version [SF‐12]), and depression (Patient Health Questionnaire‐2). Results The FA symptom mean was 3.53 ( SD = 1.90); 32.5% ( n = 129) met FA clinical threshold on the YFAS. Groups categorized with and without FA on the YFAS did not differ significantly in sex or body mass index. YFAS scores were significantly correlated with greater frequency of binge eating, higher severity scores on all EDE‐Q subscales, higher depression, and poorer functioning scores on the SF‐12 (all p s < 0.05). Conclusions FA, as conceptualized and measured by the YFAS, appears to be common among individuals residing in India.