Binge Eating Disorder and Food Addiction

This study aimed to investigate food addiction (FA) and binge-eating disorder (BED) in their association to executive dysfunctions in adults with obesity. Data on response inhibition, attention, decision-making, and impulsivity were derived from four groups of adults with obesity: obesity and FA (n = 23), obesity and BED (n = 19), obesity and FA plus BED (FA/BED, n = 23), and a body mass index-, age-, and sex-stratified control group of otherwise healthy individuals with obesity (n = 23, OB), using established computerized neuropsychological tasks. Overall, there were few group differences in neuropsychological profiles. Individuals of the FA group did not differ from the OB group regarding executive functioning. Individuals with BED presented with significantly higher variability in their reaction times and a deficient processing of feedback for performance improvement compared to individuals of the OB group. Strikingly, individuals with FA/BED did not present neuropsychological impairments, but higher levels of depression than all other groups. The results indicated the presence of a BED-specific neuropsychological profile in the obesity spectrum. The additional trait FA was not related to altered executive functioning compared to the OB or BED groups. Future research is needed to discriminate FA and BED further using food-specific tasks.

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Assessment of food addiction using the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in individuals with binge-eating disorder symptomatology: Factor structure, psychometric properties, and clinical significance

Psychiatry Research ◽

10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 279 ◽

pp. 216-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jake Linardon ◽

Mariel Messer

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Clinical Significance ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Yale Food Addiction Scale ◽

Eating Disorder Symptomatology

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An examination of the food addiction construct in obese patients with binge eating disorder

International Journal of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1002/eat.20957 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 657-663 ◽

Cited By ~ 268

Author(s):

Ashley N. Gearhardt ◽

Marney A. White ◽

Robin M. Masheb ◽

Peter T. Morgan ◽

Ross D. Crosby ◽

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Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Obese Patients

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Adult ADHD diagnosis and binge eating disorder

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.578 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S485-S485

Author(s):

J. Sevilla Vicente ◽

I. Basurte Villamor ◽

A. Sedano Capdevila ◽

M. Migoya Borja ◽

R. Navarro Jímenez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Adult Adhd ◽

Rating Scales ◽

Depressive Symptomatology ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Self Report ◽

Adhd Diagnosis ◽

Competing Interest

The association between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and eating disorders has not been yet clarified. The presence of ADHD was significantly correlated with more severe binge eating, bulimic behaviors, and depressive symptomatology. The aim of this work is to study the relationship between ADHD subtypes in adults and the risk of food addiction (binge eating disorder).The sample was collected on a specific program for adults with ADHD diagnosis in Madrid (Spain). In total, the sample was 110 patients, and we collected information about socio-demographic factors. All patients met DSM-5 criteria for ADHD in different subtypes. We used the conner's Adult ADHD rating scales and the Barrat impulsiveness scale. Also we used the Shorter Promise Questionnaire. This is a 16 scale self-report instrument to measure an individual's level of addictive tendency.The 36.4% were at high risk of developing a food addiction. For binge eating disorder (BE), no statistically significant differences were found by gender within patients with ADHD.Binge eating was significantly related to the impulsivity and emotional liability subscale of the CAARS (P < 0.05). The risk of develop BE in ADHD was 4.7 (CI 95% 1.8–12.07). Binge eating was significantly related to the total score on the Barrat scale (P < 0.05) Risk of 3,5 (CI 95% 1.5–7.9) and within the subtypes of impulsivity, motor impulsiveness was the one that was significantly related to BE (P < 0.001)There is a clear relationship between impulsiveness symptoms and BE in patients with ADHD. It's important to note that there are no gender differences within ADHA patients to develop a BE disorder.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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