Determination Food Addiction Frequency and Its Affecting Factors in People Who Consulting to Trabzon Fatih Healthy Life Center Healthy Nutrition Consultancy

Aim: The aim of this research is to determine the frequency of food addiction and the factors affecting this frequency in adults who consulted to healthy nutrition counsultancy in Trabzon/Ortahisar. Methods: The study was cross-sectional. 181 adults were included in the study. Demographic charecteristics form and Yale Food Addiction Scale were used to collect study data. When the p value was below 0.05, it was considered as significant. Results: 79.6% of the applicants were women and 69.1% were married. The mean age was 37.16±11.7 years and the mean body mass index was 31.44±6.09 kg/cm². Food addiction was determined in 21.7% of the applicants. A significant relationship was found between food addiction and interview with a psychologist/psychiatrist, smoking status, body mass index, and eating speed according to applicant's statement (p=0.001, 0.032, 0.005, 0.045 respectively.). No significant relationship was found between food addiction and other variables. Conclusion: As a result of the study, the frequency of food addiction was determined to be 21.7%. This frequency is high and is consistent with national and international studies in the literature. This important public health issue requires realistic practices and interventions, including healthy nutrition consultancy, nutrition clinics, family health centres and schools.