From: An exploratory study of food addiction in Indian youth
S No | Item | Response Mean (SD) or n (percentage) |
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1 | Eating much more than planned | 2.73 (1.28) |
2 | Continuing to consume certain foods even though no longer hungry | 2.36 (1.48) |
3 | Eat to the point where I feel physically ill | 1.28 (1.87) |
4 | Worry about Not eating certain types of food or cutting down on certain types of food | 1.89 (1.61) |
5 | Spend a lot of time feeling sluggish or fatigued from overeating | 2.16 (1.52) |
6 | Find self constantly eating certain foods throughout the day | 1.73 (1.70) |
7 | Going out of the way to obtain certain food when they are not available | 2.07 (1.48) |
8 | Missing out on other activities | 1.43 (1.84) |
9 | Dealing with negative feelings of overeating | 1.49 (1.79) |
10 | Avoided professional/ social situations due to fear of overeating | 1.23 (1.90) |
11 | Avoided professional/ social situations as could not consume certain food there | 1.42 (1.80) |
12 | Withdrawal symptoms on cutting down or stopping certain foods | 1.38 (1.85) |
13 | Consumed food to prevent feelings of anxiety, agitation or other physical symptoms | 1.55 (1.76) |
14 | Elevated desires or urges to consume certain types of foods | 1.99 (1.49) |
15 | Significant distress | 1.73 (1.73) |
16 | Significant problems in ability to function effectively | 1.74 (1.70) |
17 | Food consumption has caused significant psychological problems | 61 (16.22%) |
18 | Food consumption has caused significant physical problems or made a physical problem worse | 129 (34.31%) |
19 | Kept consuming though having emotional and/or physical problems | 95 (25.27%) |
20 | Over time, need to eat more and more to get the desired feeling | 103 (27.39%) |
21 | Same amount of food does not reduce negative emotions or increase pleasurable feelings as it used to | 104 (27.66%) |
22 | Want to cut down or stop eating certain kinds of food. | 249 (66.22%) |
23 | Tried to cut down or stop eating certain kinds of food | 255 (67.82%) |
24 | Been successful at cutting down or not eating these kinds of food | 194 (51.6%) |
25 | Number of times in past year tried to cut down or stop certain foods | 2.88 (1.69) |