2016
Examining binge‐eating disorder and food addiction in adults with overweight and obesity
Ivezaj V, White MA, Grilo CM. Examining binge‐eating disorder and food addiction in adults with overweight and obesity. Obesity 2016, 24: 2064-2069. PMID: 27558207, PMCID: PMC5039112, DOI: 10.1002/oby.21607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverweight/obesityBinge-eating disorderFood addictionFA criteriaPresence of BEDControl groupBody mass indexHealth-related behaviorsHigher depression scoresSubgroup of adultsMass indexDepression scoresObesityWeb-based surveyBED criteriaFA groupGreater pathologyOverweightPathologyDisordersAdultsGroupMost measuresAddictionIndividualsShared and unique mechanisms underlying binge eating disorder and addictive disorders
Schulte EM, Grilo CM, Gearhardt AN. Shared and unique mechanisms underlying binge eating disorder and addictive disorders. Clinical Psychology Review 2016, 44: 125-139. PMID: 26879210, PMCID: PMC5796407, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Current Considerations Regarding Food Addiction
Schulte EM, Joyner MA, Potenza MN, Grilo CM, Gearhardt AN. Current Considerations Regarding Food Addiction. Current Psychiatry Reports 2015, 17: 19. PMID: 25749750, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0563-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood addictionAddictive-like eatingAddictiveness of tobaccoEating-related problemsLittle health benefitIndividual differencesAddictive disordersAddiction frameworkImportant next stepLarge public health impactAddictionPossible risk factorsAddiction interventionsOvereatingPublic health impactIllicit drugsRisk factorsBiological overlapDescriptive differencesCertain foodsHealth benefitsEatingHealth impactsAbstinenceModeration