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The team found that the more symptoms of PTSD women had, the higher the prevalence of food addiction. Women with no symptoms of PTSD had food addiction prevalence of 6%, compared with almost 18% prevalence among women who had 6-7 symptoms of PTSD. Furthermore, the earlier the age at which PTSD symptoms occurred, the stronger the association with food addiction.
Commenting on their findings, the researchers say:
"To our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence of an association between PTSD symptoms and food addiction, two disorders of emerging concern for obesity risk. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that observed links between PTSD and obesity might be partly explained by a tendency to use food to self-medicate traumatic stress symptoms."