Table 2.
Relationship of “Food Addiction Diagnosis” with Disordered Eating a
| Food Addiction (n=207) M (SD) |
No Food Addiction (n=599) M (SD) |
T Statistic | P Value | Effect Size (η2) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Objective Overeating |
6.99 (SD=7.50) | 1.88 (SD=3.84) | 158.28 | <.001 | .16 |
| OBE Episodes | 6.22 (SD=7.20) | 1.18 (SD=3.09) | 191.50 | <.001 | .19 |
| SBE Episodes | 5.09 (SD=6.56) | 1.61 (SD=3.43) | 93.81 | <.001 | .11 |
| EDE Restraint | 3.23 (SD=1.66) | 2.09 (SD=1.50) | 84.10 | <.001 | .10 |
| EDE Shape Concern |
5.02 (SD=1.08) | 3.32 (SD=1.63) | 194.28 | <.001 | .20 |
| EDE Weight Concern |
4.34 (SD=1.11) | 2.74 (SD=1.49) | 199.17 | <.001 | .20 |
| EDE Eating Concern |
3.42 (SD=1.39) | 1.26 (SD=1.17) | 462.08 | <.001 | .37 |
| EDE Total | 3.99 (SD=1.06) | 2.35 (SD=1.24) | 291.42 | <.001 | .27 |
a
The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) Symptom Count exhibited the same pattern of results for all variables. OBE = Objective Binge Eating Episode, SBE = Subjective Binge Episode, EDE – Eating Disorder Examination