Journal article
Symptoms of addictive eating: What do different health professions think?
M Whatnall, J Skinner, A Verdejo-Garcia, A Carter, RM Brown, ZB Andrews, CV Dayas, CA Hardman, N Loxton, P Sumithran, T Burrows
Behavioral Sciences | MDPI | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.3390/bs11050060
Abstract
The symptoms of addictive eating are often debated, with some overlap in symptoms with substance addictions or other disorders such as binge eating disorder. This study explored the levels of agreement with symptoms of addictive eating among different health professions, the conditions they provide advice for, and the population group/s they work with. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in February–April 2020 including 142 health professionals (87% female, 65% residing in Australia, 28% each working in private practice/hospital settings). Of these, 47% were dietitians, 20% psychologists/psychotherapists/counsellors, 16% other health practitioners (e.g., social workers), 13% healt..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research received no external funding. T.B. and P.S. are supported by Investigator Grant's from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). A.C. is supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (ID: APP1123311). R.M.B. is supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellowship (DE190101244). A.V.-G. is supported by a Medical Research Future Fund Next Generation of Clinical Researchers Fellowship (MRF1141214).