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| Ashley N GearhardtSummaryAffiliation: Yale University Country: USA Publications
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Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction ScaleAshley N Gearhardt
Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Appetite 52:430-6. 2009..5% and a non-clinical sample, but confirmation of the reliability and validity of the scale has the potential to facilitate empirical research on the concept of "food addiction"...
Body mass index and alcohol consumption: family history of alcoholism as a moderatorAshley N Gearhardt
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8205, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 23:216-25. 2009..The results suggest a neurobiological link between alcohol use and food consumption, consistent with theories characterizing excess food consumption as an addictive behavior...
Does co-morbid depression alter the inverse relationship between obesity and substance use disorders?Ashley N Gearhardt
Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 124:185-8. 2012..It is unknown whether the inverse relationship between obesity and substance use disorders continues to exist in the presence of shared risk factors...
The relationship between eating-related individual differences and visual attention to foods high in added fat and sugarAshley N Gearhardt
Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Ave New Haven, CT 06511, United States
Eat Behav 13:371-4. 2012..g., sweets, candies, fried foods) relative to minimally processed foods (e.g., fruits, meats/nuts, vegetables) that are lower in fat/sugar content...
An examination of the food addiction construct in obese patients with binge eating disorderAshley N Gearhardt
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:657-63. 2012..This study examined the psychometric properties of the Yale food addiction scale (YFAS) in obese patients with binge eating disorder (BED) and explored its association with measures of eating disorder and associated psychopathology...
Obesity and public policyAshley N Gearhardt
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 8:405-30. 2012..The roles of the food industry and federal, state, and local governments are also discussed...
Binge eating disorder and food addictionAshley N Gearhardt
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Curr Drug Abuse Rev 4:201-7. 2011....
The addiction potential of hyperpalatable foodsAshley N Gearhardt
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Curr Drug Abuse Rev 4:140-5. 2011....
The role of food addiction in clinical researchAshley N Gearhardt
Yale University Department of Psychology, 2 Hillhouse Ave New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Curr Pharm Des 17:1140-2. 2011..Further exploring the food-addiction construct may also lead to a better clinical understanding of obesity and eating disorders and suggest future avenues for more effectively treating these problems...
Neural correlates of food addictionAshley N Gearhardt
Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:808-16. 2011..Although parallels in neural functioning between obesity and substance dependence have been found, to our knowledge, no studies have examined the neural correlates of addictive-like eating behavior...
Can food be addictive? Public health and policy implicationsAshley N Gearhardt
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Addiction 106:1208-12. 2011..Although the addictive potential of foods continues to be debated, important lessons learned in reducing the health and economic consequences of drug addiction may be especially useful in combating food-related problems...
Food addiction: an examination of the diagnostic criteria for dependenceAshley N Gearhardt
From the Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
J Addict Med 3:1-7. 2009..Thus, researchers need to carefully consider the implications of their work and the way in which the results may be interpreted...
