Food addiction is strongly associated with type 2 diabetes

Christina Horsager; Jens Meldgaard Bruun; Emil Færk; Søren Hagstrøm; Marlene Briciet Lauritsen; Søren Dinesen Østergaard

doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2023.03.014

Food addiction is strongly associated with type 2 diabetes

Christina Horsager^*, Jens Meldgaard Bruun, Emil Færk, Søren Hagstrøm, Marlene Briciet Lauritsen, Søren Dinesen Østergaard

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Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Individuals can develop an addiction-like attraction towards highly processed foods, which has led to the conceptualization of food addiction, a phenotype linked to obesity. In this study, we investigated whether food addiction is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

METHODS: 1699 adults from the general population and 1394 adults from a population with clinically verified mental disorder completed a cross-sectional survey including the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0. Logistic regression was employed to examine the association between food addiction and T2D, the latter operationalized via Danish registers.

RESULTS: Food addiction was strongly associated with T2D in the general population (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 6.7) and among individuals with mental disorder (AOR = 2.4) in a dose-response-like manner.

CONCLUSION: This is the first study to demonstrate a positive association between food addiction and T2D in a general population sample. Food addiction may be a promising target for prevention of T2D.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Nutrition
Volume	42
Issue	5
Pages (from-to)	717-721
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0261-5614
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2023.03.014
Publication status	Published - May 2023

Keywords

Epidemiology
Food addiction
General populations
Mental disorders
Obesity
Type 2 diabetes

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