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ReviewClinical neuropsychiatry2025

Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) in Overeating and Increased Body Mass Index (BMI): An Umbrella Review.

Nikolaos Liaskopoulos, Andreas S Lappas, Myrto T Samara, Nikolaos Christodoulou

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Review in Clinical neuropsychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nikolaos LiaskopoulosDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Thessaly, Medical School, General University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
Andreas S LappasDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Thessaly, Medical School, General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece / Department of Geriatric Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, United Kingdom.
Myrto T SamaraAssistant/Associate Professor Myrto T. Samara. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece.
Nikolaos ChristodoulouAssistant/Associate Professor Nikolaos Christodoulou. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly / University of Nottingham Medical School.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review of reviews aims to investigate the effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods, i.e., transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), in reducing elevated body mass index (BMI) and overeating behavior (food cravings, binge eating, increased food consumption). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the English language were included. A search was conducted in PubMed and EMBASE until January 2024. The quality of all included reviews was assessed using the "A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews" (AMSTAR-2). Quality assessment and data extraction were conducted by two independent reviewers, while all reviewers participated equally in article synthesis. Twenty-four systematic reviews were included, most of which show promising results regarding the effectiveness of NIBS on overeating and increased BMI . For weight reduction, rTMS is more effective, and tDCS can improve food cravings and food consumption. However, the critically low quality of most included studies and the heterogeneity of the intervention parameters are strong limitations against drawing any safe conclusions. More studies are needed with stable NIBS parameters.

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binge-eatingBMIbody weightovereatingtranscranial direct current stimulationtranscranial magnetic stimulation

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PMID40171118
PMCPMC11956884

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