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. 2013 Sep 4;8(9):e74832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074832

Table 3. The proportion of ‘food addiction’ according to obesity status*.

Under/Normal weight% (n) Overweight/Obese% (n)
Food addition BMI 11.4% (4) 88.6% (31)
BF% 20.0% (7) 80.0% (28)
Entire Cohort BMI 38.2% (249) 61.8% (403)
BF% 37.1% (242) 62.9% (410)

*Proportion of ‘food addiction’ (%), number of food addicts (n), BMI–Body mass index and BF%–percent body fat. Obesity status (Under/Normal weight and Overweight/Obese) was defined by BMI and %BF according to the Bray [35] and world health organization (WHO) [33] criteria, respectively.