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Change in emotional eating after bariatric surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tripeptide gut hormone infusion does not alter food preferences or sweet taste function in volunteers with obesity and prediabetes/diabetes but promotes restraint eating: A secondary analysis of a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled study.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2023Trial
- Patterns of Emotional Eating Changes After Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Insights from deep learning models on new-onset anxiety in patients following bariatric metabolic surgery.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2026Article
- Moving Towards Precision-Based Care in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: Predictors of Response To Telephone-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Emotional and External Eating Behaviors Associated with Fat-Free Mass Loss Following Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- PET/fMRI demonstrates that bariatric surgery may reverse striatal dopaminergic dysfunction in women with obesity.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- When bariatric surgery reduces food addiction: a prospective study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Alcohol use after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a qualitative investigation of the relation with mood and food.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Dietary Macronutrient Composition and Quality, Diet Quality, and Eating Behaviors at Different Times Since Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
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- Behavioral Interventions to Attenuate Driven Overeating and Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of bariatric surgery on 'emotional eating' (EE) in people with obesity is unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine changes in self-reported emotional eating behaviour after bariatric surgery.
methodsFifteen electronic databases were searched from inception to August 2019. Included studies encompassed patients undergoing primary bariatric surgery, quantitatively assessed EE, and reported EE scores before and after surgery in the same participants. Studies were excluded if they were not in English or available in full text. The systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. Random-effects models were used for quantitative analysis. Study quality was assessed using the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute quality assessment tool for before-after (pre-post) studies with no control group.
resultsSome 23 studies containing 6749 participants were included in the qualitative synthesis, with follow-up of from 2 weeks to 48 months. EE scores decreased to 12 months after surgery. Results were mixed beyond 12 months. Quantitative synthesis of 17 studies (2811 participants) found that EE scores decreased by a standardized mean difference of 1·09 (95 per cent c.i. 0·76 to 1·42) 4-18 months after surgery, indicating a large effect size.
conclusionBariatric surgery may mitigate the tendency to eat in response to emotions in the short to medium term.
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