Do you have a food addiction?

flyingwoman
on 9/14/11 2:59 am, edited 9/14/11 3:00 am

Dr Sharma posted links to some interesting tools today:

In a paper just published in Appetite, Caroline Davis and colleagues from Toronto’s York University provide evidence suggesting that ‘food addiction’ (FA) may be a valid clinical sub-phenotype of obesity.

The researchers examined the validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) - the first tool developed to identify individuals with addictive tendencies towards food - in a sample of obese adults (aged 25-45 years) and non-obese controls.

The YFAS is available here - the instruction sheet for interpreting the test is available here.

Thought you all might be interested.

Starting BMI 69 w comorbidities | 55 of the weight lost above was pre-op.

Karen M.
on 9/14/11 3:02 am - Mississauga, Canada

RNY on 03/21/06

Oooh, I was going to post that - thanks Mo! I read through that this morning and found it very interesting. I love me some Dr. Sharma articles.

Karen

Ontario Recipes Forum - http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/ontario_recipes/

flyingwoman
on 9/14/11 9:53 am

RNY on 12/29/10

me too... he's terrific!

Starting BMI 69 w comorbidities | 55 of the weight lost above was pre-op.

Jennifer D.
on 9/14/11 3:10 am

DS on 08/24/11

For anyone who takes the test and finishes with a resounding "yes", BANA is an awesome resource that helps with all kinds of eating disorders inlcuding food addiction and binging.

Jennifer