Observational studyObesity surgery2018
Change in Children's Self-Concept, Body-Esteem, and Eating Attitudes Before and 4 Years After Maternal RYGB.
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- Depressive symptoms at short-, medium-, and long-term follow-up after bariatric surgical procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Preconception metabolic-bariatric surgery and child health outcomes: Identification and cohort profile of the POSIT study protocol.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- The impact of parental bariatric surgery and patient age on laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy outcomes in adolescents.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Changes in Parent and Child Skin Carotenoids, Weight, and Dietary Behaviors over Parental Weight Management.Nutrients · 2021Observational
- Dyadic reports of weight control practices, sedentary behaviors, and family functioning and communication between adult weight management patients and their children.Obesity science & practice · 2021Article
- Halo or horn? A qualitative study of mothers' experiences with feeding children during the first year following bariatric surgery.Appetite · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of the present study was to look at longitudinal changes in children's self-concept, body-esteem, and eating attitudes before and 4 years after maternal RYGB surgery.
methodsSixty-nine women and 81 appurtenant children were recruited from RYGB waiting lists at 5 hospitals in Sweden. Families were visited at home pre-surgery, 9 months, and 4 years post-maternal RYGB to measure BMI. Furthermore, all participating family members completed questionnaires. Mothers' questionnaires measured eating behavior, depression, anxiety, and sleep quality, and children's questionnaires measured body-esteem, self-concept, and eating attitudes.
resultsThirty-five/sixty-nine mothers and 43/81 children participated in all 3 measurements. Mothers reduced their BMI from pre-surgery (39.2) to 9 months (27.0) and 4 years post-surgery (27.4). Children's prevalence of overweight/obesity was lower 9 months post-surgery (48.8%) but at the same levels again 4 years post-surgery (58.1%), compared to pre-surgery (58.1%). The same rebound pattern was seen among children's eating attitudes, mothers' symptoms of depression and anxiety, and sleep quality. We found no correlations between mothers' BMI or eating behavior and children's BMI or eating behavior.
conclusionChildren's prevalence of overweight/obesity and eating attitudes improves soon after their mothers' RYGB, but then return to pre-surgery levels at 4 years post-surgery, as do mothers' sleep quality and symptoms of depression and anxiety, even though their weight loss was maintained.
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