Is eating disorder(s) your truth?
Did you know that in clinical samples (such as those with EDs) there is a higher prevalence of UPFA than in community-based or representative samples.
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Individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN) have the highest prevalence of UPFA (48–95%), followed by binge eating disorder (BED; 55–80%), and anorexia nervosa (AN; 44–70%).
Meule A, Gearhardt AN. Ten years of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: a Review of version 2.0. Curr Addict Rep. 2019;1–11. This review incorporates data on eating disorders into prevalence estimates for food addiction.
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Most studies investigating the association between AN and UPFA found that UPFA symptoms are higher among those with AN binge-purge type (AN-BP) compared to the restrictive subtype (AN-R).
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A recent meta-analysis estimated the prevalence of FA among youths and adults as 44% for persons with AN, 48% in those with bulimia nervosa (BN), and 55% among individuals with binge eating disorder (BED), though individual studies have reported higher rates (e.g., 83.6% FA prevalence across eating disorder diagnoses).
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Fauconnier M, Rousselet M, Brunault P, Thiabaud E, Lambert S, Rocher B, et al. Food addiction among female patients seeking treatment for an eating disorder: prevalence and associated factors. Nutrients. 2020 Jun; 12(6): 1897.