NDLI: An Evaluation of the Italian Version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale in Obese Adult Inpatients Engaged in a 1-Month-Weight-Loss Treatment.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Ceccarini, Martina Manzoni, Gian Mauro Castelnuovo, Gianluca Molinari, Enrico
Spatial Coverage	Italy
Description	Country affiliation: Italy Author Affiliation: Ceccarini M ( 1 Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Saint Joseph Hospital , Verbania, Italy .); Manzoni GM ( 2 University of Bergamo , Psychology Department, Bergamo, Italy .); Castelnuovo G ( 1 Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Saint Joseph Hospital , Verbania, Italy .); Molinari E ( 1 Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Saint Joseph Hospital , Verbania, Italy .)
Abstract	Addiction is a compulsive need for and use of a specific substance leading to a habit, tolerance, and psychophysiological symptoms. Excessive food consumption is similar to that of substance addiction. Some individuals who have trouble losing weight display addictive eating symptoms. To investigate food addiction in a sample of obese adults referred to hospital for a 1-month-weight-loss treatment. The Italian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS-16) was used as a screening tool in 88 obese inpatients. The construct validity of the YFAS-16 was assessed by testing its correlations with measures of binge eating (Binge Eating Scale), impulsiveness (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale), and emotional dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale). 34.1% of our sample was diagnosed with YFAS food addiction. Such diagnosis was also supported by strong associations between FA and psychological and behavioral features, typically descriptive of classic addiction. Patients who endorsed the YFAS-16 criteria for food addiction (FA) had significantly higher binge eating levels, greater emotional dysregulation, and nonacceptance of negative feelings; they lacked goal-oriented behavior, had little impulse control, had difficulty in emotion recognition, and attentional impulsivity; and they were unable to concentrate and lacked inhibitory control behavior, unlike participants who did not meet the FA criteria. Further research is needed to support the reliability of the YFAS-16. This measure has the potential to be applied in epidemiological research, estimating the prevalence of FA within the Italian population and to assess new treatments' efficacy for obese patients with food addiction symptoms seeking weight-loss treatments.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	1096620X
Issue Number	11
Volume Number	18
e-ISSN	15577600
Journal	Journal of Medicinal Food
Language	English
Publisher	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Publisher Date	2015-11-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Nutritional Sciences Behavior, Addictive Diagnosis Eating Psychology Feeding Behavior Eating Disorders Obesity Questionnaires Standards Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Complications Epidemiology Bulimia Emotions Female Food Humans Impulsive Behavior Italy Male Middle Aged Etiology Therapy Reproducibility Of Results Weight Loss Weight Reduction Programs Young Adult Evaluation Studies Journal Article Validation Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nutrition and Dietetics Medicine

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