Prevalence of 'Food Addiction' as Measured with the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in a Representative German Sample and Its Association with Sex, Age and Weight Categories

Obesity Facts

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 12-24

  Hauck, Carolin ^a   Weiß, Annegret ^a   Schulte, Erica Marla ^b   Meule, Adrian ^c   Ellrott, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Food Addiction; Obesity; Underweight; Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD CRAVING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; YALE FOOD ADDICTION SCALE 2.0; ADDICTION; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; FOOD; GERMANY; HYPERPHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 85013115865     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000456013     Document Type: Article

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