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Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

A. Gearhardt, W. Corbin, K. Brownell

2009.4.1APPETITE

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.12.003

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The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is a sound tool for identifying eating patterns that are similar to behaviors seen in classic areas of addiction, and predicted binge-eating behavior above and beyond existing measures of eating pathology, demonstrating incremental validity.

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GEARHARDT, A.; CORBIN, W.; BROWNELL, K. Preliminary validation of the yale food addiction scale. APPETITE, 2009, 52 2: 430–6.