Ghosh Tamoghna, Sarkar Siddharth, Tilak Aman, Kochhar Kanwal Preet
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
J Eat Disord. 2021 Mar 6;9(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s40337-021-00386-9.
As the understanding of food addiction increases, there is a need to explore the occurrence of this condition in different population groups. This exploratory study aimed to assess the occurrence of food addiction in a sample of respondents from India using a Hindi version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS).
The Hindi language version of the scale was developed using the back-translation methodology. Subsequently, an online questionnaire-based study was conducted using convenience sampling which presented the Hindi version of YFAS.
From 376 respondents (median age 19 years, 42.8% males), the rate of occurrence of food addiction was 13.3%. Persistent desire or repeated unsuccessful attempts to quit was the most common symptom domain endorsed. The weight (median 67 kg versus 60 kg) and BMI (median 25.89 kg/ mversus 23.04 kg/ m) were higher in the food addiction group as compared to the non-food addiction group.
Despite the limitations of potential selection bias, this exploratory study suggests that food addiction may be present in a proportion of young aged Indians. The association of food addiction with higher weight and BMI suggests propensity to develop metabolic syndrome, and the need to evaluate interventions that could modify phenomenological expression of food addiction.
随着对食物成瘾的认识不断加深，有必要探究这种情况在不同人群中的发生情况。这项探索性研究旨在使用印地语版耶鲁食物成瘾量表（YFAS）评估印度受访者样本中食物成瘾的发生情况。
该量表的印地语版本采用回译方法编制。随后，采用便利抽样法开展了一项基于在线问卷的研究，问卷呈现的是印地语版YFAS。
在376名受访者（中位年龄19岁，男性占42.8%）中，食物成瘾的发生率为13.3%。最常被认可的症状领域是持续渴望或多次尝试戒烟未成功。与非食物成瘾组相比，食物成瘾组的体重（中位数67千克对60千克）和体重指数（中位数25.89千克/平方米对23.04千克/平方米）更高。
尽管存在潜在选择偏倚的局限性，但这项探索性研究表明，一部分印度年轻人可能存在食物成瘾现象。食物成瘾与较高体重和体重指数之间的关联表明其有发展为代谢综合征的倾向，并且有必要评估能够改变食物成瘾现象学表现的干预措施。
