Food addiction relations to depression and anxiety in Egyptian adolescents

Conclusion FA exists in Egyptian adolescents and has strong associations with psychiatric comorbidities. Anxiety and depression should be evaluated in every individual with FA and vice versa as these psychiatric morbidities may be the inciting factor for the development of food addiction. Evaluation and treatment should address all the existent comorbidities. Careful attention should be paid to the presence of excess food consumption despite knowledge of adverse consequences, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms and important social or occupational activities given up or reduced because their presence coincided in this study with the presence of depression and/or anxiety which makes psychiatric evaluation more valuable.
Source: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research