The relationship between food addiction with psychiatric symptoms and personality traits in university students

Objective: Food addiction is a behavioral that presents with addictive changes toward high sugar, fat, and highly palatable foods. This study aims to determine the relationship between food personality traits, personal habits, psychiatric symptomatology. Method: In cross-sectional design study, participation of 1500 students studying in Konya Selçuk University Central Campus was planned. A sociodemographic data form, Yale Addiction Scale (YFAS), Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI) were used for assessment. Results: total 1418 forms included statistical analysis. prevalence 11.4% group. The mean YFAS score sample 3.2, whereas it 3.0 non-food addicts, 4.7 addicts. According logistic regression analysis, there positive correlations body mass index, social media consumption over 5 hours, psychoticism subscale EPI, interpersonal relations SCL-90. Also, correlation irregular eating, skipping meals, number snacks, eating time (<10 min >30 min) alone. All sub-scores SCL-90 strongly differed addicts non-addicts. Psychoticism neuroticism scores positively correlated addiction. Conclusion: Our demonstrated associated some symptoms large university sample.