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Are you addicted to food? NY Times quiz

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  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    yup ...not addicted..but then I think answers will differ depending on how long they have been on MFP..I have been here for 1.5 yrs and understand the relationship with food..
  • littlelily613
    littlelily613 Posts: 769 Member
    Score: 14
    Not addicted. Though they added underneath how others score and said possible food addiction. *shrugs* I'm working on it in any case.

    That doesn't mean you have a possible food addiction, it just means the other option for you to have gotten IF you had scored higher was possible food addiction. As you answered, you got no addiction.
  • ShadowChaser16
    ShadowChaser16 Posts: 40
    It says I'm not addicted but I definitely am xD I think about food constantly!
  • ifixyospeech
    ifixyospeech Posts: 25 Member
    I did take the quiz twice and it came out exactly that way! prior to MFP and making the switch to a healthy lifestyle, I was definitely addicted to food and probably still am, but now i have it under control. Today for instance, I went out to breakfast and treated myself to biscuits and gravy. However, I DIDN'T consume the entire meal; I only ate half and realized I was full. This would have caused me significant anxiety a few months ago. The old me would've kept on going until the plate was clean.
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Not addicted! But I already knew that.

    The first question threw me for a loop though. I eat when I'm not hungry fairly often. It just seems like a normal thing to do when you enjoy the taste of food.
  • KrazyAsianNic
    KrazyAsianNic Posts: 1,227 Member
    I got a possibly addicted. then said I was and wasn't addicted according to yale... Must be making progress...
  • LadyLuckAJ
    LadyLuckAJ Posts: 57 Member
    Score was 11. Not Addicted.
  • Denjo060
    Denjo060 Posts: 1,008
    Took it and it's No I thought I was LOL
    Oh And I scored a 6
  • mamaclose
    mamaclose Posts: 179 Member
    YOUR SCORE: 0
    NOT ADDICTED.
    Based on your answers, you do not meet the criteria for food addiction as defined by the Yale Food Addiction Scale.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    Your score: 22
    Not Addicted.
    Based on your answers, you do not meet the criteria for food addiction as defined by the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

    How is both 0 and 22 not addicted, but I got a 17 that says 'possibly addicted'?
  • ipsamet
    ipsamet Posts: 436 Member
    I got a 14.. not addicted. I really thought it was going to tell me I was!
  • dustygn
    dustygn Posts: 28 Member
    YOUR SCORE: 11
    NOT ADDICTED.
    Based on your answers, you do not meet the criteria for food addiction as defined by the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

    But I guessed I wouldn't be. I'm only here cause I like to eat lots of unhealthy food like deep fried fish n chips and chocolate. Yes you can get deep fried chocolate bars, yum :p
    I get annoyed at all the food I have to keep preparing, so often get lazy and just make a sandwich for dinner. When I attempt to make actual dinners to often, I gain weight, so I'm working on a balance.
  • Scorpioangel
    Scorpioangel Posts: 951 Member
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  • checof
    checof Posts: 114
    I scored 3 and am not addicted. But I knew that. u_u
    If it were a quiz specific to Nutella, different story.
  • NoMoreFlubbering
    NoMoreFlubbering Posts: 95 Member
    I got 34 - Possibly addicted. I think that is a polite way to say "Definitely addicted" as most people didn't score nearly as high. I did the quiz based on how I felt 3 days ago, on the day that prompted me to get back on the wagon. That's how I started to wonder today if I am "addicted" to sugar, or food in general... I used to smoke, and quit cold turkey six years ago. I realized today that I would eat every time I was bored or stressed, and that's how it was with the cigarettes. I'm so glad I got back on MFP yesterday and started cutting out all the crap I was stuffing down my gob. Now time to make it a much smaller gob :D
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