Browsing by Author "Cabral, Janice Rico"

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    “There is no way to avoid the first bite”: A qualitative investigation of addictive-like eating in treatment-seeking Brazilian women and men
    (Elsevier, 2019-02) Emilie Lacroix, Emilie; Edgar Oliveira, Edgar; Saldanha de Castro, Juliana; Cabral, Janice Rico; Tavares, Hermano; von Ranson, Kristin M.
    There has been polarizing debate on addictive-like eating in recent years. To move toward valid definition and measurement of this construct, qualitative research describing individuals' experiences is needed. The present study explored how Brazilian men and women define and experience addictive-like eating. Interviews were conducted with 7 men and 8 women (Mage = 46.6 years, MBMI = 35.43 kg/m2) seeking treatment for addictive-like eating. Thematic analysis of interviews identified three saturated, overarching themes describing participants’ conceptualizations of the (1) characteristics, (2) causal factors, and (3) consequences of addictive-like eating. Lack of control was a key characteristic of addictive-like eating described by all participants. A causal factor which most participants described was emotional eating. Consequences included emotional, interpersonal, occupational, and health-related impairments which appeared primarily related to weight gain, rather than to the pattern of addictive-like eating itself. These results are largely consistent with those of previous qualitative studies. Importantly, the symptoms described by our participants and in previous qualitative studies may be inadequately captured by existing self-report questionnaires designed to assess addictive-like eating. To address this potential limitation, we provide recommendations for assessing the full range of possible addictive-like eating symptoms.
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    Treatment of food addiction: preliminary results
    (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2020) de Oliveira, Edgar Luis Lima; Lacroix, Emilie; Stravogiannis, Andrea Lorena Costa; de Fátima Vasques, Maria; Durante, Cristiane Ruiz; Duran, Érica Panzani; Pereira, Daniela; Cabral, Janice Rico; Tavares, Hermano
    There has been an increase in the number of publications using the term food addiction (FA), with many animal and humans neuroimaging studies demonstrating similarities between food and drugs of abuse1,2. FA is most often assessed with the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), a questionnaire which directly applies DSM-IV-TR substance dependence criteria to food and eating2. Although FA is not an official diagnosis, YFAS scores are associated with eating disorders, depression, emotion dysregulation and lower self-esteem3, suggesting a need to target these symptoms in treatment.