As ultraprocessed foods (ie, foods composed of mostly cheap industrial sources of dietary
energy and nutrients plus additives) have become more abundant in our food supply, rates …

Substance addiction (or drug addiction) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a
recurring desire to continue taking the drug despite harmful consequences. Non-substance …

Objective To determine, through a systematic review with meta‐analysis, the prevalence of
food addiction (FA) using the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) and its derivatives exploring …

Obesity is a global issue and it has been suggested that an addiction to certain foods could
be a factor contributing to overeating and subsequent obesity. Only one tool, the Yale Food …

Abstract “Food addiction” has become a focus of interest for researchers attempting to
explain certain processes and/or behaviors that may contribute to the development of …

Abstract The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) operationalizes indicators of addictive‐like
eating, originally based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th …

Background The present study systematically reviewed the literature aiming to determine the
relationships between food addiction, as measured by the Yale Food Addiction Scale …

Scientific interest in “food addiction” is growing, but the topic remains controversial. One
critique of “food addiction” is its high degree of phenotypic overlap with binge eating …

The prevalence of obesity doubled since the 1980s, resulting in exponentially higher
incidence rates of diet-related diseases [1, 2]. These drastic changes cannot be attributed to …

Purpose of the research This study aimed to determine the prevalence of addiction to social
networking sites/platforms (SNS) and its comorbidity with other behavioral addiction and …