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Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction

Food addiction, specifically ultra-processed food addiction, has been discussed in thousands of peer-reviewed publications. Although 20% of adults meet criteria for this condition, food addiction is not a recognized clinical diagnosis, leading to a dearth of tested treatment protocols and published...

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Autores principales: Unwin, Jen, Delon, Christine, Giæver, Heidi, Kennedy, Clarissa, Painschab, Molly, Sandin, Frida, Poulsen, Charlotte Schön, Wiss, David A.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36245868
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1005523
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author Unwin, Jen
Delon, Christine
Giæver, Heidi
Kennedy, Clarissa
Painschab, Molly
Sandin, Frida
Poulsen, Charlotte Schön
Wiss, David A.
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description Food addiction, specifically ultra-processed food addiction, has been discussed in thousands of peer-reviewed publications. Although 20% of adults meet criteria for this condition, food addiction is not a recognized clinical diagnosis, leading to a dearth of tested treatment protocols and published outcome data. Growing numbers of clinicians are offering services to individuals on the basis that the food addiction construct has clinical utility. This audit reports on clinical teams across three locations offering a common approach to programs delivered online. Each team focused on a whole food low-carbohydrate approach along with delivering educational materials and psychosocial support relating to food addiction recovery. The programs involved weekly sessions for 10–14 weeks, followed by monthly support. The data comprised pre- and post- program outcomes relating to food addiction symptoms measured by the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, ICD-10 symptoms of food related substance use disorder (CRAVED), mental wellbeing as measured by the short version of the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, and body weight. Sample size across programs was 103 participants. Food addiction symptoms were significantly reduced across settings; mYFAS2 score −1.52 (95% CI: −2.22, −0.81), CRAVED score −1.53 (95% CI: −1.93, −1.13) and body weight was reduced −2.34 kg (95% CI: −4.02, −0.66). Mental wellbeing showed significant improvements across all settings; short version Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale 2.37 (95% CI: 1.55, 3.19). Follow-up data will be published in due course. Further research is needed to evaluate and compare long-term interventions for this complex and increasingly burdensome biopsychosocial condition.
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spelling pubmed-95545042022-10-13 Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction Unwin, Jen Delon, Christine Giæver, Heidi Kennedy, Clarissa Painschab, Molly Sandin, Frida Poulsen, Charlotte Schön Wiss, David A. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Food addiction, specifically ultra-processed food addiction, has been discussed in thousands of peer-reviewed publications. Although 20% of adults meet criteria for this condition, food addiction is not a recognized clinical diagnosis, leading to a dearth of tested treatment protocols and published outcome data. Growing numbers of clinicians are offering services to individuals on the basis that the food addiction construct has clinical utility. This audit reports on clinical teams across three locations offering a common approach to programs delivered online. Each team focused on a whole food low-carbohydrate approach along with delivering educational materials and psychosocial support relating to food addiction recovery. The programs involved weekly sessions for 10–14 weeks, followed by monthly support. The data comprised pre- and post- program outcomes relating to food addiction symptoms measured by the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, ICD-10 symptoms of food related substance use disorder (CRAVED), mental wellbeing as measured by the short version of the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, and body weight. Sample size across programs was 103 participants. Food addiction symptoms were significantly reduced across settings; mYFAS2 score −1.52 (95% CI: −2.22, −0.81), CRAVED score −1.53 (95% CI: −1.93, −1.13) and body weight was reduced −2.34 kg (95% CI: −4.02, −0.66). Mental wellbeing showed significant improvements across all settings; short version Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale 2.37 (95% CI: 1.55, 3.19). Follow-up data will be published in due course. Further research is needed to evaluate and compare long-term interventions for this complex and increasingly burdensome biopsychosocial condition. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9554504/ /pubmed/36245868 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1005523 Text en Copyright © 2022 Unwin, Delon, Giæver, Kennedy, Painschab, Sandin, Poulsen and Wiss. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Unwin, Jen
Delon, Christine
Giæver, Heidi
Kennedy, Clarissa
Painschab, Molly
Sandin, Frida
Poulsen, Charlotte Schön
Wiss, David A.
Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
title Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
title_full Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
title_fullStr Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
title_full_unstemmed Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
title_short Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
title_sort low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36245868
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1005523
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