Fig. 1.

Results of the proposed mediation model on food addiction using (a) total participants (N = 601) and (b) participants who were overweight/had obesity (n = 219)

Notes. Age, gender, and body mass index were controlled variables. Dashed lines indicate indirect effects via a specific mediator (i.e., internalized weight stigma or psychological distress) with values of standardized coefficient and 95% bootstrapping confidence interval in parentheses. Solid lines indicate direct or total effects with values of standardized coefficients. Significances are shown in thick lines

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001