The Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale May Be Simplified and Diagnostically Improved: The Same Prevalence but Different Severity and Risk Factors of Food Addiction among Female and Male Students

The Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale May Be Simplified and Diagnostically Improved: The Same Prevalence but Different Severity and Risk Factors of Food Addiction among Female and Male Students

The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the most commonly used scale for measuring food addiction (FA). The previous approach to the YFAS and its subsequent versions assumed dichotomization of items, separating addiction symptoms and clinical significance items, and factorial validity testing on a s...

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Main Authors: Edyta Charzyńska, Anna Brytek-Matera, Paweł A. Atroszko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
food addiction
the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale
addictions
validity
measurement invariance
prevalence
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/19/4041

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