School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2018 Nov;26(6):569-573. doi: 10.1002/erv.2642. Epub 2018 Sep 26.
Evidence suggests that palatable foods can promote an addictive process akin to drugs of abuse. To date, research in the field of food addiction has focused largely on binge eating as a symptom of this condition. The present study investigated relationships between food addiction and other patterns of overeating, such as compulsive grazing-a behaviour with high relevance to bariatric surgery outcomes. Adults between the ages of 20 and 50 years (n = 232) were recruited for the study. Participants completed questionnaires to assess various eating behaviours and related personality measures. Regression analysis employed the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) as the dependent variable. Results indicated that addictive personality traits, reward-driven eating, and compulsive grazing each contributed unique variance to the YFAS symptom score. These findings provide novel insight into the association between a grazing pattern of overeating and food addiction, and emphasize that similar to traditional addiction disorders such as alcoholism, binge consumption is not the only pattern of compulsive intake.
有证据表明，美味的食物会促进类似于成瘾药物的成瘾过程。迄今为止，食物成瘾领域的研究主要集中在暴饮暴食作为这种疾病的一种症状上。本研究调查了食物成瘾与其他过度进食模式之间的关系，如强迫性觅食——这一行为与减重手术结果高度相关。研究招募了年龄在 20 至 50 岁之间的成年人（n=232）。参与者完成了评估各种饮食行为和相关人格测量的问卷。回归分析采用耶鲁食物成瘾量表（YFAS）作为因变量。结果表明，成瘾人格特质、奖励驱动的进食和强迫性觅食都对 YFAS 症状评分有独特的贡献。这些发现为暴食模式与食物成瘾之间的关联提供了新的见解，并强调，与酒精依赖等传统成瘾障碍一样， binge consumption 并不是唯一的强迫性摄入模式。
