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Eating Pathology and Experience and Weight Loss in a Prospective Study of Bariatric Surgery Patients: 3-Year Follow-Up

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Devlin, Michael J., King, Wendy C., Kalarchian, Melissa A., White, Gretchen E., Marcus, Marsha D., Garcia, Luis, Yanovski, Susan Z., Mitchell, James E.·2016·International Journal of Eating Disorders

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OBJECTIVE: Bariatric surgery results in significant long-term weight loss, albeit with considerable variability. This study examines the prognostic significance of eating pathology as determined by a structured interview, the Eating Disorder Examination-Bariatric Surgery Version (EDE-BSV). METHOD: Participants (N = 183) in this substudy of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Research Consortium were assessed using the EDE-BSV, independent of clinical care, presurgery and annually postsurgery. We examined eating pathology and experiences at several frequency thresholds (present, ≥ monthly, ≥ weekly) over 3 years, and utilized mixed models to test their associations with percentage weight loss from baseline at years 1, 2, and 3. RESULTS: The prevalence of several forms of eating pathology declined pre- to 1-year postsurgery, including ≥weekly objective bulimic episodes (11.6-1.3%), loss of control (LOC) eating (18.3-6.2%) and picking/nibbling (36.0-20.2%) (P for all <0.01), and regular evening hyperphagia (16.5-5.0%, P = 0.01), but not cravings (P = 0.93). Mean EDE global score, and hunger and enjoyment scores, also declined (P for all <0.01). These metrics remained lower than baseline through year-3 (P for all <0.01). Presurgery eating variables were not related to weight loss (P for all ≥0.05). However, postsurgery higher EDE global score and greater hunger were independently associated with less weight loss postsurgery (P for both ≤0.01), while cravings were associated with greater weight loss (P = 0.03). DISCUSSION: Pathological eating behaviors and experiences are common presurgery and improve markedly following surgery. Postsurgery pathological eating-related experiences and attitudes and hunger may contribute to suboptimal weight loss. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2016; 49:1058-1067).

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  • Emotion-based eating is associated with emotion dysregulation, poor emotion regulation skills, low distress tolerance, dietary restraint, loss of control of eating, poor awareness of hunger/fullness signals, body image dissatisfaction, internalized shame, and low self-compassion.

    “In addition to depression, emotion-based eating is associated with many other factors, including emotion dysregulation, poor emotion regulation skills, low distress tolerance, dietary restraint, loss of control of eating, poor awareness of hunger/fullness signals, body image dissatisfaction, internalized shame, and low self-compassion (24–29).”

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    The Methods (Measures) assess restraint, loss-of-control eating, hunger and shape concerns, but do not assess emotion-based eating. The Results and Discussion relate these measures to surgery and weight loss, not to emotion-based eating. Searches for emotional eating, emotion dysregulation, distress tolerance, shame and self-compassion found no passage establishing the claimed associations. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Devlin, M. J., King, W. C., Kalarchian, M. A., White, G. E., Marcus, M. D., Garcia, L., Yanovski, S. Z., & Mitchell, J. E.
Affiliations
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Duquesne University (US)
  • Sanford Medical Center (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Devlin, Michael J.
Venue
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-07-18
Volume
49
Issue
12
Pages
1058-1067
ISSN
  • 0276-3478 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-108X
OpenAlex
W2486464521
Cited by
101
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 3 · 2013: 1
FWCI
17.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DSS‐U01DK066557, U01‐DK66667, R01 DK084979)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
bariatric surgery, eating pathology, weight loss, loss of control eating, craving, hunger, eating disorder symptoms, postoperative outcomes
MeSH terms
Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Attitude to Health, Feeding Behavior, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hunger, Hyperphagia, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Care, Preoperative Care, Prospective Studies, Weight Loss, Bariatric Surgery

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