The Relationship of Adult Eat Addiction With Obesity, The Desire To Be Admired and Being Ego-Centric

Authors : Eflal Rana Laçiner, Öznur Özge Özcan, Mesut Karahan

Pages : 453-461

Doi:10.31067/acusaglik.1314768

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Publication Date : 2024-10-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Objective: The research was carried out as a descriptive cross-sectional study to determine the relationship between food addiction, obesity, desire to be admired, and egocentrism in adults. Material and Methods: The research was carried out with 678 adults living in Turkey who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. The research data were collected via Google Form between October 2021 and March 2022, with an online questionnaire consisting of Sociodemographic Data Form, Yale Food Addiction Scale, Desire to Be Admired Scale, and Inflated Sense of Self Scale. Results: In the research, 80.8% were female of the adults who participated, on average 30.41±10.0 years old, 24.2% were overweight and 11.5% were obese and weighed an average of 24.13±4.71 kg/m2 Body Mass Index and 16.7% of them had food addiction. In the study, the majority of adults with food addiction were overweight and obese; A significant relationship was found between the diagnosis of psychiatric illness and Body Mass Index characteristics of adults and food addiction. In the study, it was determined that there were positive and low-level significant relationships between adults’ food addiction and total scores of Body Mass Index, desire to be admired and inflated sense of self. Conclusion: As a result of the research, it was found that there were positive significant relationships between adult food addiction and obesity, desire to be admired and inflated sense of self; It has been determined that obesity, desire to be admired and inflated sense of self increase with the increase of food addiction.
Keywords : adult, ego, egocentrizm, food addiction, obesity