RT Journal Article
T1 Food Addiction in Eating Disorders and Obesity: Analysis of Clusters and Implications for Treatment
A1 Jiménez Murcia, Susana
A1 Agüera, Zaida
A1 Paslakis, Georgios
A1 Munguia, Lucero
A1 Granero, Roser
A1 Sánchez González, Jéssica
A1 Sánchez, Isabel
A1 Riesco, Nadine
A1 Gearhardt, Ashley N.
A1 Diéguez González, Carlos
A1 Fazia, Gilda
A1 Segura García, Cristina
A1 Baenas, Isabel
A1 Menchón, José M.
A1 Fernández Aranda, Fernando
K1 Food addiction
K1 Eating disorders
K1 Bulimia nervosa
K1 Binge eating disorders
K1 Obesity
K1 Other specified feeding or eating disorders
K1 Cluster analysis
AB Food addiction (FA) has been associated with greater psychopathology in individuals with eating disorders (ED) and obesity (OBE). The current study aims to provide a better phenotypic characterization of the FA construct by conducting a clustering analysis of FA in both conditions (ED and OBE). The total sample was comprised of 234 participants that scored positive on the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0. (YFAS-2) (119 bulimia nervosa (BN), 50 binge eating disorder (BED), 49 other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) and 16 OBE). All participants completed a comprehensive battery of questionnaires. Three clusters of FA participants were identified. Cluster 1 (dysfunctional) was characterized by the highest prevalence of OSFED and BN, the highest ED severity and psychopathology, and more dysfunctional personality traits. Cluster 2 (moderate) showed a high prevalence of BN and BED and moderate levels of ED psychopathology. Finally, cluster 3 (adaptive) was characterized by a high prevalence of OBE and BED, low levels of ED psychopathology, and more functional personality traits. In conclusion, this study identified three distinct clusters of ED-OBE patients with FA and provides some insight into a better phenotypic characterization of the FA construct when considering psychopathology, personality and ED pathology. Future studies should address whether these three food addiction categories are indicative of therapy outcome
PB MDPI
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23512
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23512
LA eng
NO Jiménez-Murcia, S.; Agüera, Z.; Paslakis, G.; Munguia, L.; Granero, R.; Sánchez-González, J.; Sánchez, I.; Riesco, N.; Gearhardt, A.N.; Dieguez, C.; Fazia, G.; Segura-García, C.; Baenas, I.; Menchón, J.M.; Fernández-Aranda, F. Food Addiction in Eating Disorders and Obesity: Analysis of Clusters and Implications for Treatment. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2633.
NO We thank CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. This manuscript and research was supported by grants from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI2015-68701-R), by the Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (2017I067), by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) (FIS PI14/00290 and PI17/01167), by the SLT006/17/00246 grant, funded by the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya by the call “Acció instrumental de programes de recerca orientats en l’àmbit de la recerca i la innovació en salut”, and co-funded by FEDER funds/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), a way to build Europe. CIBERObn and CIBERSAM are both initiatives of ISCIII
DS Minerva
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