Night Eating Syndrome and Food Addiction in Turkish Population

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of food addiction (FA) and night eating syndrome (NES) and to investigate any correlation between them in Turkish population.

Materials and Methods: Subjects registered with family medicine centers were randomly invited to participate in the study (415 volunteers). Participants were evaluated with a socio-demographic data form, the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) and the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ).

Results: A total of 295 subjects, including 160 females and 135 males, were evaluated in our study. The mean age of the participants was 33.78±10.72 and the mean BMI was 25.11±4.63.  7.8% of the subjects had FA according to the YFAS, and 13.2% had NES according to the NEQ. The prevalence of a coexistence of NES and FA was 2%.  Using Pearson correlation analysis, a positive correlation was established between BMI and NEQ (r=0.14, p<0.01) and a positive correlation was found between total scores from the NEQ and the YFAS (r=0.14, p<0.01). With multiple linear regression analysis, it was demonstrated that 18.4% of total NEQ scores could be explained by eight YFAS symptom scores (p<0.001).

Conclusion: It should be kept in mind that normal-weight, overweight or obese individuals may have NES or FA or both. Therefore, it could be useful to assess these problematic eating behaviors in individuals presented to family medicine outpatient clinics and to refer those with these problematic eating behaviors to relevant treatment centers.

Keywords

• Night eating syndrome,food addiction,prevalence,problematic eating behaviors

Türk nüfusunda gece yeme sendromu ve yeme bağımlılığı

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türk nüfusunda, yeme bağımlılığı (YB) ve gece yeme sendromu (GYS) prevalansını belirlemek ve aralarındaki muhtemel ilişkiyi araştırmaktır.
Materyal ve Metot: Aile hekimliği merkezlerine kayıtlı kişiler rastgele çalışmaya davet edildi (415 gönüllü). Katılımcılar sosyodemografik veri formu, Yale Gıda Bağımlılığı Ölçeği (YGBÖ) ve Gece Yeme Anketi (GYÖ) ile değerlendirildi.
Bulgular: Çalışmamızda 160 kadın, 135 erkek olmak üzere toplam 295 gönüllü değerlendirildi. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 33.78 ± 10.72 ve BKİ ortalaması 25.11 ± 4.63 idi. Deneklerin % 7.8'i YGBÖ'e göre YB,% 13.2'si GYÖ'ye göre GYS'e sahipti. GYS ve YB birlikteliğinin prevalansı % 2 idi. Pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılarak BMI ve YBÖ arasında pozitif bir korelasyon saptandı (r = 0.14, p <0.01) ve YBÖ ve YGBÖ toplam puanları arasında pozitif bir korelasyon bulundu (r = 0.14, p <0.01). Çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi ile, toplam YBÖ puanlarının% 18.4'ünün sekiz YGBÖ semptom skoruyla açıklanabileceği gösterilmiştir (p <0.001).
Sonuç: Normal kilolu, aşırı kilolu veya obez bireylerin GYS veya YB veya her ikisine sahip olabileceği akılda tutulmalıdır. Bu nedenle, aile hekimliği polikliniğine başvuran bireylerde bu problemli yeme davranışlarını değerlendirmek ve bu problemli yeme davranışları olanları ilgili tedavi merkezlerine yönlendirmek faydalı olabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Gece yeme sendromu,yeme bağımlılığı,prevalans,problemli yeme davranışı

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