Food addiction and its impact on weight status in children and adolescents: The mediating role of responsive eating pattern
Authors' conclusion
Increased FA is associated with a higher weight status through a specific eating behaviour pattern characterized by high responsiveness to food, emotional and rapid eating habits, and low satiety. The findings suggest that targeted interventions should take these eating behaviour patterns into account to reduce the impact of FA on weight status among children and adolescents.
Study context
- Population
- Healthy school-aged children and adolescents and their parents, Eastern China
- Participants
- 426 children
- Exposure
- Responsive Eating Pattern vs Controlled Eating Pattern
- Outcome
- Mediation of FA–weight status association by Responsive Eating Pattern (structural equation modelling (SEM))
Methodological detailslatent profile analysis, structural equation modelling
- Latent profile analysis
- Structural equation modelling
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Responsive Eating Pattern associated with food addiction (FA) and weight status
- p < 0.001
- Mediation effect, BMIZ
- 1.183 (95% CI 0.784, 1.629)
- Mediation effect, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)
- 0.043 (95% CI 0.025, 0.063)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Food addiction and its impact on weight status in children and adolescents: The mediating role of responsive eating pattern. Pediatr Obes. Published 26 December 2023. doi:10.
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