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Errors as a Means of Reducing Impulsive Food Choice
Published on: June 5, 2016
Food addiction and weight in students with high academic performance
Tatyana A Tserne1, Mikhail F Borisenkov1, Sergey V Popov1
1Department of Molecular Immunology and Biotechnology, Institute of Physiology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pervomaiskaya Str. 50, Syktyvkar167982, Russia.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationships between food addiction (FA), anthropometric characteristics and academic performance.
Design:
The average age (sd) of the participants was 17·5 (sd 2·7) years (64·1 % female). Each study participant indicated their sex, height, weight and academic performance and completed the Yale Food Addiction Scale.
Setting:
Syktyvkar, Kirov, Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Russia; Aizawl, India.
Participants:
The study involved 3426 people.
Results:
FA was found in 8·7 % of participants from Russia and 14·6 % from India. In schoolchildren but not in university students, high academic performance was associated with a higher incidence rate of FA detection (OR = 1·16, 95 % CI 1·07, 1·26) and a lower BMI (OR = 0·72, 95 % CI 0·56, 0·94).
Conclusions:
These data showed an increased incidence rate of FA detection in adolescents with high academic performance.
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