Psychiatry Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2018 Nov;26(6):597-604. doi: 10.1002/erv.2613. Epub 2018 Jul 12.
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.
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).
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 ps < 0.05).
FA, as conceptualized and measured by the YFAS, appears to be common among individuals residing in India.
本研究旨在解决食物成瘾（FA）文献中的文化差异，通过考察居住在印度的非临床人群中的 FA 及其相关临床特征来实现这一目标。
从亚马逊土耳其机器人（Amazon Mechanical Turk）招募了 415 名参与者，让他们在线完成一份关于体重和饮食的调查。参与者完成了自我报告的 FA 评估量表（耶鲁食物成瘾量表[Yale Food Addiction Scale，YFAS]）、饮食障碍心理病理学评估量表（饮食障碍检查问卷[Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire，EDE-Q]）、健康相关生活质量评估量表（健康调查简表 12 项版本[Short Form Health Survey-12-item version，SF-12]）和抑郁评估量表（患者健康问卷-2[Patient Health Questionnaire-2，PHQ-2]）。
FA 症状均值为 3.53（标准差=1.90）；32.5%（n=129）在 YFAS 上符合 FA 临床标准。在 YFAS 上被分类为有 FA 和无 FA 的两组在性别或体重指数上没有显著差异。YFAS 评分与更高的暴食频率、EDE-Q 各分量表的严重程度评分更高、抑郁程度更高以及 SF-12 的功能评分更差显著相关（均 p<0.05）。
YFAS 所构想和衡量的 FA 在居住在印度的个体中似乎很常见。
