<p>Magliane Beria:<br><br>I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "Food addiction: a review and analysis of the evidence," which has been submitted to Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.<br><br>Please log into the journal web site by 2020-04-03 to indicate whether you will undertake the review or not, as well as to access the submission and to record your review and recommendation.<br><br>The review itself is due 2020-04-24.<br><br>Submission URL: <a href='https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1247&reviewId=771&key=5exCcn3F' class='submissionReviewUrl-style-class'>https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1247&reviewId=771&key=5exCcn3F</a><br><br>Thank you for considering this request.<br><br>Dr. Fernando Andres Polanco<br>Universidad Nacional de San Luis<br>Phone +0542664313012<br>fernando.polanco@sipsych.org<br><br><br><br>"Food addiction: a review and analysis of the evidence"<br><br>Abstract</p>
<p>This study aims to review and analyze the current evidence on food addiction and its characteristics. To this end, a systematic review of the scientific publications available in the Scopus database was carried out, in the period 2013-2017, on food addiction. The results reveal a growing interest in research on food addiction and, mainly, in establishing relationships between it and other health conditions. The YFAS scale has a large number of empirical studies that support its use in measuring this type of addiction. Studies on food addiction are more frequent in the adult population and oriented towards its relationship with obesity and overweight, as well as with depression, anxiety and stress. Finally, food addiction is regularly compared with substance addiction as they have identical brain mechanisms of functioning. In addition, current evidence addresses their characteristics, assessment and relationship to physical health problems and psychological disorders, as well as their presence at various stages of the life cycle.</p><br/>The following message is being delivered on behalf of Interamerican Journal of Psychology.
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