SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2017
Food addiction and bariatric surgery: a systematic review of the literature.
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- A meta-analysis assessing reliability of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: Implications for compulsive eating and obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- The prognostic role of food addiction for weight loss treatment outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Food Addiction as Measured with the Yale Food Addiction Scale: Implications for the Food Addiction Construct.Current neuropharmacology · 2019Pooled it
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- PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION ATTENUATES BINGE EATING AND FOOD ADDICTION 1 YEAR AFTER ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2022Trial
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- Individuals With Food Addiction After Metabolic And Bariatric Surgery Show Higher Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods, Sedentary Lifestyle, Anxiety, and Sub-Optimal Body Weight Trajectories.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Binge Eating and Addictive-Like Eating Behaviors Seven Years After Sleeve Gastrectomy: Implications for Long-Term Weight Loss Outcomes.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of weight recurrence after bariatric surgery.Nutrition & metabolism · 2026Review
- Prevalence and determinants of food addiction among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
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- Binge eating behaviours are associated with recurrent weight gain after metabolic and bariatric surgery.Clinical obesity · 2025Article
- Food Addiction 5 and 10 Years Following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Observational Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Observational
- TOWARD: a metabolic health intervention that improves food addiction and binge eating symptoms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring the prevalence and symptom presentation of food addiction among Norwegian bariatric surgery patients: associations with depression, dysregulated eating, and postoperative weight loss.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Self-Harm Before and Six Months After Obesity Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- The burden of overweight/obesity and weight-related behaviors attributable to food addiction in emerging adults.Appetite · 2024Observational
- Effects of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Weight Loss, Eating Behaviors, and Weight Concern Eight Months Postsurgery.Cureus · 2024Article
- Current perspectives on brain circuits involved in food addiction-like behaviors.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Emerging research suggests that rates of food addiction are high among individuals seeking bariatric surgery, but little is known about associated features and the prognostic significance of pre-operative food addiction. Thus, this article provides a systematic review and synthesis of the literature on food addiction and bariatric surgery. Articles were identified through PubMed and SCOPUS databases, resulting in a total of 19 studies which assessed food addiction among pre-bariatric and/or post-bariatric surgery patients using the Yale Food Addiction Scale. Most studies were cross-sectional, and only two studies prospectively measured food addiction both pre-operatively and post-operatively. The presence of pre-surgical food addiction was not associated with pre-surgical weight or post-surgical weight outcomes, yet pre-surgical food addiction was related to broad levels of psychopathology. The relationship between food addiction and substance misuse among individuals undergoing bariatric surgery is mixed. In addition, very few studies have attempted to validate the construct of food addiction among bariatric surgery patients. Results should be interpreted with caution due to the methodological limitations and small sample sizes reported in most studies. Future rigorous research with larger and more diverse samples should prospectively examine the clinical utility and validity of the food addiction construct following bariatric surgery.
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