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ReviewThe American psychologist

A review of the psychosocial aspects of clinically severe obesity and bariatric surgery.

David B Sarwer, Leslie J Heinberg

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Review in The American psychologist. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Social media use among patients before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a systematic review.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David B SarwerCenter for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University.ORCID 0000-0003-1033-5528
Leslie J HeinbergDepartment of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · US

Funding

Mechanisms that Predict Weight Trajectory after Bariatric Surgery: The Interactive Roles of Behavior and BiologyR01DK112585 · NIDDK · NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HEINBERG, LESLIE J., STEFFEN, KRISTINE JAYNE · 2016 to 2020
$4.5M
Diabetes reversal and the subgingival microbiotaR01DE026603 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GRAVES, DANA T, GRIFFEN, ANN L · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
Psychopathology, Disordered Eating, and Impulsivity as Predictors of Outcomes of Bariatric SurgeryR01DK108628 · NIDDK · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI SARWER, DAVID B · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026603NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108628NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK112585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the past 2 decades, clinically severe obesity (operationalized as a body mass index ≥40 kg/m2) has increased at a more pronounced rate that less severe obesity. As a result, the surgical treatment of obesity (bariatric surgery) has become a more widely accepted, yet still underutilized, treatment for persons with severe obesity and significant weight-related health problems. Psychologists play a central role on the multidisciplinary team involved in the preoperative assessment and postoperative management of patients. They also have played a central role in clinical research which has enhanced understanding of the psychosocial and behavioral factors that contribute to the development of severe obesity as well as how those factors and others contribute to postoperative outcomes. This article, written specifically for psychologists and other mental health professionals who currently work with these patients or are considering the opportunity to do so in the future, reviews these contributions over the past 20 years. The article highlights how this work has become a fundamental part of international clinical care guidelines, which primarily focus on preoperative psychosocial screening. The article also outlines avenues for future research in the field, with a specific focus on the need for additional behavioral and psychosocial interventions to promote lifelong success after bariatric surgery. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryBehavior TherapyHumansObesityQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeWeight Loss

Identifiers

PMID32052998
PMCPMC7027921
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