APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Food Addiction and Obesity: Unveiling the Role of Visual Attention
- Afework Abebe
Institute of Education and Psychology at Szombathely, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, - H. N. Alexander Logemann
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam - H. N. Alexander Logemann
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest - Zsolt Demetrovics
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia - Zsolt Demetrovics
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar, United Kingdom. - Zsolt Demetrovics
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary,
Abstract
Obesity has become a major global health concern, contributing to physical and psychological complications. Data collected using Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, Eating Disorder Inventory, and Visuospatial cuing Task. The study investigates the role of visual attention to food cues in the development and maintenance of food addiction and obesity.