- No population wide screening tests have been done to estimate the true prevalence.
- Smaller studies have been conducted on persons known to have dysfunctional eating behaviors.
- In one study it was estimated that >50% of obese individuals with binge eating disorder met the criteria for food addiction.
References
- Gearhardt AN, White MA, Masheb RM, Morgan PT, Crosby RD, Grilo CM. An examination of the food addiction construct in obese patients with binge eating disorder. In J Eat Disord. Jul 2012; 45(5), 657-663.
- Gearhardt AN, Yokum S, Stice E, Harris JL, Brownell KD. Relation of Obesity to Neural Activation in Response to Food Commercials. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. Apr 10 2013.