Psychopathological Profile Associated with Food Addiction Symptoms in Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Michela Criscuolo, Giulia Cinelli (), Ileana Croci, Ilenia Chianello, Anna Maria Caramadre, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi and Valeria Zanna
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Michela Criscuolo: Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Unit, Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Giulia Cinelli: Predictive and Preventive Medicine Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Ileana Croci: Predictive and Preventive Medicine Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Ilenia Chianello: Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Unit, Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Anna Maria Caramadre: Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Unit, Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Alberto Eugenio Tozzi: Predictive and Preventive Medicine Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
Valeria Zanna: Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Unit, Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: Eating disorders are considered one of the psychiatric disorders with a higher risk of death. Food addiction, related to some food addictive-like behaviours, is often in comorbidity with eating disorders and is associated with worse psychopathology. The present study aims to outline the food addiction profile, investigated using the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0), in 122 adolescents (median age: 15.6 years) suffering from eating disorders and to investigate its association with psychopathology. Patients filled out the Youth Self Report, the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children 2, The Children Depression Inventory 2, and the Eating Disorder Inventory 3 (EDI-3). Pearson’s chi-square test and multiple correspondence analysis were used to identify profiles. The mean symptom count was 2.8 ± 2.7. The “withdrawal” symptom was the most frequent (51%) and the most associated with clinical scores. The diagnosis of bulimia nervosa and the EDI-3 bulimia scale resulted to be the only variables to be associated with positive YFAS 2.0 symptoms. Conversely, anorexia nervosa, restrictive and atypical, was not associated with YFAS 2.0 symptoms. In conclusion, outlining the food addiction profile of eating disorders may give information about a patient’s phenotype and could help to identify specific treatment models.

Keywords: food addiction; YFAS 2.0; symptom count; eating disorders; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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