Food Insecurity and Food Addiction in a Large, National Sample of Lower-Income Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing research has highlighted associations between food insecurity and eating-related problems. Food addiction is one important, clinically significant pattern of problematic eating, which is related to, but distinct from, eating disorders. To date, there is only one study examining the association between food insecurity and food addiction, to our knowledge. Additional research is needed to understand the complexities of this association.

Objective

We examined the association between food insecurity and food addiction in a large, national convenience sample of lower-income adults and potential heterogeneity in this association by age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Design

A cross-sectional, web-based study was conducted among 1780 US adults (≥18 y) with h

SUBMITTER: Leung CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10761353 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature