Table 5.

Item statistics for the Malay Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) 2.0

Criteria and items of the YFAS	Mean	sd	Item–total correlation
Criterion A: Tolerance
Item 24	0·03	0·17	0·38
Item 26	0·06	0·23	0·55
Criterion B: Withdrawal
Item 11	0·05	0·21	0·43
Item 12	0·03	0·18	0·44
Item 13	0·06	0·23	0·51
Item 14	0·06	0·23	0·44
Item 15	0·006	0·07	0·21
Criterion C: Substance often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended
Item 1	0·07	0·25	0·36
Item 2	0·08	0·27	0·36
Item 3	0·08	0·27	0·38
Criterion D: Persistent desire or unsuccessful effort to cut down or control substance use
Item 4	0·05	0·22	0·50
Item 25	0·06	0·24	0·55
Item 31	0·09	0·29	0·64
Item 32	0·10	0·30	0·62
Criterion E: Spending a great deal of time in activities necessary to obtain the substances, use the substances or recover from its effects
Item 5	0·06	0·24	0·42
Item 6	0·02	0·14	0·14
Item 7	0·02	0·15	0·38
Criterion F: Giving up social, occupational or recreational activities because of substance use
Item 8	0·09	0·29	0·42
Item 10	0·06	0·24	0·60
Item 18	0·09	0·29	0·50
Item 20	0·03	0·17	0·61
Criterion G: Continuing substance use despite physical or psychological problem
Item 22	0·04	0·20	0·45
Item 23	0·08	0·26	0·54
Criterion H: Significant distress
Item 16	0·02	0·17	0·31
Item 17	0·04	0·19	0·60
Criterion I: Continued consumption despite social or interpersonal problems
Item 9	0·09	0·29	0·58
Item 21	0·04	0·20	0·70
Item 35	0·11	0·32	0·55
Criterion J: Failure to fulfil major role obligation
Item 19	0·08	0·28	0·72
Item 27	0·08	0·26	0·64
Criterion K: Use in physically hazardous situations
Item 28	0·10	0·30	0·29
Item 33	0·05	0·22	0·65
Item 34	0·03	0·16	0·66
Criterion L: Craving
Item 29	0·07	0·26	0·55
Item 30	0·06	0·24	0·43