{"id":13565,"date":"2026-08-31T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/?p=13565"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:38:22","slug":"sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

N\u00e9stor Ben\u00edtez Brito, Berta Pinto Robayna, Juan Ignacio Capafons Sosa, Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda Bello, Eva Mar\u00eda Herrera Rodr\u00edguez, Jes\u00fas Enrique de las Heras Roger, M\u00f3nica Ruiz Pons, Irina Mar\u00eda Delgado Brito, Carlos D\u00edaz Romero, Yolanda Ramallo Fari\u00f1a<\/p>\n

ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Background<\/b><\/p>\n

Food addiction is a new clinical entity that is beginning to be linked to obesity and eating disorders. The present study aims to investigate the association between the risk of food addiction in children and the presence of obesity. It also explores the relationship between food addiction, the development of eating disorders, and body image dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

Material and methods<\/b><\/p>\n

A matched case-control study was conducted in a Spanish pediatric population (cases have obesity, and controls have normal weight). The main outcome measures were evaluation of food addiction (S-YFAS-C), child feeding attitudes (ChEAT), and evaluation of body image (CDRS). Additionally, sociodemographic and anthropometric data were gathered.<\/p>\n

Results<\/b><\/p>\n

A total of 62 children were evaluated (31 cases with age 11 \u00b1 0.7 years and BMI Z-score 2.89 \u00b1 1.33; 31 controls with age 10.7 \u00b1 0.8 years and BMI Z-score \u22120.05 \u00b1 0.52). For all items on the S-YFAS-C scale, significant differences were observed between the two groups (\u2227 = 0.252, p<\/span> = 0.002). Food addiction was diagnosed in 32.3% of cases (2.06 \u00b1 1.7 symptoms) and 22.6% of controls (1.61 \u00b1 1.6 symptoms), although no statistically significant differences were observed between groups. A statistically significant correlation exists between all the scores of the scales studied in the children.<\/p>\n

Conclusions<\/b><\/p>\n

Children with obesity have a higher number of food addiction symptoms compared to those with normal weight. In general, as food addiction scores increase, higher scores are observed for the risk of developing eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

N\u00e9stor Ben\u00edtez Brito, Berta Pinto Robayna, Juan Ignacio Capafons Sosa, Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda Bello, Eva Mar\u00eda Herrera Rodr\u00edguez, Jes\u00fas Enrique … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229,105],"tags":[644,645,646,647,648],"class_list":["post-13565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-feeding-and-eating-disorders","tag-food-addiction","tag-mental-disorders","tag-obesity","tag-pediatric-obesity"],"yoast_head":"\nSESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study | SESCS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mantente al d\u00eda de las novedades del Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n y Planificaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study | SESCS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mantente al d\u00eda de las novedades del Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n y Planificaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SESCS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SESCS2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-31T13:38:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"956\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"507\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"DifusionSESCS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@_SESCS_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@_SESCS_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"DifusionSESCS\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"DifusionSESCS\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0afad8715d2bf9946320c765357c64b4\"},\"headline\":\"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-31T13:38:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"feeding and eating disorders\",\"food addiction\",\"mental disorders\",\"obesity\",\"pediatric obesity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/\",\"name\":\"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study | SESCS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-31T13:38:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Mantente al d\u00eda de las novedades del Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n y Planificaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS).\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg\",\"width\":956,\"height\":507,\"caption\":\"Predictores sociodemogr\u00e1ficos y cl\u00ednicos de la adherencia a los antidepresivos en los trastornos depresivos: una revisi\u00f3n sistem\u00e1tica con un metan\u00e1lisis\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/\",\"name\":\"SESCS\",\"description\":\"Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de Salud - Reduciendo la incertidumbre en las decisiones\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de Salud\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SESCS\",\"alternateName\":\"Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de Salud\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.png\",\"width\":956,\"height\":507,\"caption\":\"SESCS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SESCS2018\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/_SESCS_\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/sescs-canarias\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0afad8715d2bf9946320c765357c64b4\",\"name\":\"DifusionSESCS\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c24f11df1d2d674dcd9fa2615e7ce27c9c510cedb6048bb0e9f2e622d2334ddc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c24f11df1d2d674dcd9fa2615e7ce27c9c510cedb6048bb0e9f2e622d2334ddc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c24f11df1d2d674dcd9fa2615e7ce27c9c510cedb6048bb0e9f2e622d2334ddc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"DifusionSESCS\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sescs.es\\\/en\\\/author\\\/difusionsescs\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study | SESCS","description":"Mantente al d\u00eda de las novedades del Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n y Planificaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS).","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study | SESCS","og_description":"Mantente al d\u00eda de las novedades del Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n y Planificaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS).","og_url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/","og_site_name":"SESCS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SESCS2018","article_published_time":"2026-08-31T13:38:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":956,"height":507,"url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"DifusionSESCS","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@_SESCS_","twitter_site":"@_SESCS_","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"DifusionSESCS","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/"},"author":{"name":"DifusionSESCS","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#\/schema\/person\/0afad8715d2bf9946320c765357c64b4"},"headline":"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study","datePublished":"2026-08-31T13:38:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/"},"wordCount":292,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg","keywords":["feeding and eating disorders","food addiction","mental disorders","obesity","pediatric obesity"],"articleSection":["Featured","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/","url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/","name":"SESCS PUBLICATION: Association Between Childhood Obesity and the Risk of Food Addiction: A Matched Case-Control Study | SESCS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-31T13:38:22+00:00","description":"Mantente al d\u00eda de las novedades del Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n y Planificaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS).","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/sescs-publication-association-childhood-obesity-risk-food-addiction\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.jpg","width":956,"height":507,"caption":"Predictores sociodemogr\u00e1ficos y cl\u00ednicos de la adherencia a los antidepresivos en los trastornos depresivos: una revisi\u00f3n sistem\u00e1tica con un metan\u00e1lisis"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/","name":"SESCS","description":"Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de Salud - Reduciendo la incertidumbre en las decisiones","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de Salud","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#organization","name":"SESCS","alternateName":"Servicio de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Servicio Canario de Salud","url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Imagen-noticia-Sescs-2.png","width":956,"height":507,"caption":"SESCS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SESCS2018","https:\/\/x.com\/_SESCS_","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sescs-canarias\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/#\/schema\/person\/0afad8715d2bf9946320c765357c64b4","name":"DifusionSESCS","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c24f11df1d2d674dcd9fa2615e7ce27c9c510cedb6048bb0e9f2e622d2334ddc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c24f11df1d2d674dcd9fa2615e7ce27c9c510cedb6048bb0e9f2e622d2334ddc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c24f11df1d2d674dcd9fa2615e7ce27c9c510cedb6048bb0e9f2e622d2334ddc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"DifusionSESCS"},"url":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/author\/difusionsescs\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13566,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13565\/revisions\/13566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}