Food addiction in bulimia nervosa
Food addiction (FA) has been examined in different populations. Although high FA scores are associated with greater eating-disorder severity, few studies have addressed how FA relates treatment outcome. Goals: (1) to determine whether a brief intervention for bulimia nervosa (BN) reduces FA diagnosi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:319900 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/319900 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/erv.2473 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bulimia nervosa Clinical Food addiction Outcome Treatment |
| Sumario: | Food addiction (FA) has been examined in different populations. Although high FA scores are associated with greater eating-disorder severity, few studies have addressed how FA relates treatment outcome. Goals: (1) to determine whether a brief intervention for bulimia nervosa (BN) reduces FA diagnosis or severity compared to baseline; and (2) to determine if FA is predictive of treatment outcome. Method: 66 female BN patients participated in the study. The Yale Food Addiction Scale was administered at two time points: prior to- and following a 6-week intervention. The number of weekly binging/purging episodes, dropout and abstinence from bulimic behavior were used as primary outcome measures. Results: This brief intervention significantly reduced FA severity and FA diagnosis rates in the 55 patients who completed treatment. FA severity was a short-term predictor of abstinence of binges/vomits episodes after the therapy (p=.018). Conclusions: FA appears to be prevalent in BN although FA severity can improve following a short-term intervention. |
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