Department of Molecular Immunology and Biotechnology, Institute of Physiology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia.
Ural Institute of Humanities, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Oct;26(7):2333-2343. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-01064-6. Epub 2021 Jan 3.
Food addiction (FA) is one of the causes of widespread obesity in modern society. It was shown that there is an age-associated increase in incidence rate of FA in adolescents/young adults. The purpose of this study was to analyze food preferences in schoolchildren and university students with FA.
High school and university students (N = 1607; age: 17.8 ± 2.7 years; girls: 77.0%) located in four settlements of Russia anonymously took part in the study. Study participants provided personal data (age, sex, height, and weight) and completed the Yale Food Addiction Scale, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire. In addition, they indicated food products with which they had problems.
The frequency of detection of FA among university students was twice as high as among schoolchildren. University students with FA were 20.2% more likely than schoolchildren to report the symptom 'use continues despite knowledge of adverse consequences,' and 13.7% more likely to report the symptom 'tolerance.' Schoolchildren and university students with FA most often noted that foods high in sugar and fat were problematic. University students with FA also reported that foods with a high carbohydrate content were problematic.
In university students with FA, in comparison with schoolchildren with FA, there is an increase in list of problematic food products, mainly due to products with a high carbohydrate content.
Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
食物成瘾（FA）是现代社会广泛肥胖的原因之一。研究表明，青少年/年轻人中 FA 的发病率随年龄增长而增加。本研究的目的是分析有 FA 的中小学生和大学生的食物偏好。
来自俄罗斯四个定居点的高中生和大学生（N=1607；年龄：17.8±2.7 岁；女生：77.0%）匿名参加了这项研究。研究参与者提供了个人数据（年龄、性别、身高和体重），并完成了耶鲁食物成瘾量表、Zung 自评抑郁量表和慕尼黑 ChronoType 问卷。此外，他们还指出了他们有问题的食物产品。
大学生中 FA 的检出率是中小学生的两倍。与中小学生相比，有 FA 的大学生更有可能报告“尽管知道有不良后果，但仍继续使用”这一症状，且更有可能报告“耐受性”这一症状，前者的可能性高出 20.2%，后者的可能性高出 13.7%。有 FA 的中小学生和大学生最常指出高糖和高脂肪食物有问题。有 FA 的大学生还报告说，高碳水化合物含量的食物也有问题。
与有 FA 的中小学生相比，有 FA 的大学生的问题食物清单增加，主要是由于高碳水化合物含量的食物。
五级，横断面描述性研究。
