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Impact of Food Addiction in Therapy Response in Obesity and Eating Disorders

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Recent Findings

Food Addiction (FA) is frequently observed in populations with obesity, and in eating disorders (ED) related to binge behaviours. However, the influence of FA in the treatment outcome of these conditions has been poorly explored.

Purpose of the Review

The aim of this review, is to reflect the influence of FA in the response to treatment, and other factors with it that could be related, in order to present treatment proposals and future research lines.

Summary

FA have been found to have a role in treatment outcome of obesity and ED patients, being as a predictive variable or as a mediator one. For those patients with obesity, FA have a negative influence on the weight loss process; in ED patients was associated with dropouts, and less levels of remission of the ED condition.

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We thank CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. This manuscript and research was supported by grants from the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (PSI2015‐68701‐R), by the Delegacion del Gobierno para el plan Nacional sobre Drogas (2017I067 and 2019I), by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII; FIS PI20/132 and PI17/01167), and co‐funded by FEDER funds/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), a way to build Europe. CIBERObn is an initiative of ISCIII.

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  1. L. Camacho-Barcia and L. Munguía shared first authorship.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga S/N, 08907, Hospitalet del LlobregatBarcelona, Spain

    L. Camacho-Barcia, L. Munguía, A. Gaspar-Pérez, S. Jimenez-Murcia & F. Fernández-Aranda

  2. CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad Y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

    L. Camacho-Barcia, L. Munguía, S. Jimenez-Murcia & F. Fernández-Aranda

  3. Psychoneurobiology of Eating and Addictive Behaviors Group, Neurosciences Programme, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

    L. Camacho-Barcia, L. Munguía, A. Gaspar-Pérez, S. Jimenez-Murcia & F. Fernández-Aranda

  4. Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    S. Jimenez-Murcia & F. Fernández-Aranda

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Camacho-Barcia, L., Munguía, L., Gaspar-Pérez, A. et al. Impact of Food Addiction in Therapy Response in Obesity and Eating Disorders. Curr Addict Rep 9, 268–274 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-022-00421-y

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