Associations of daily weight management-focused social support with weight loss, activity behaviors, and eating regulation in the context of metabolic and bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Greater perceived social support (PSS) is associated with more favorable changes in weight loss, activity behaviors, and eating regulation after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). However, studies have relied on generic, retrospective PSS measures, and stability of PSS levels and relations with weight loss and weight-related behaviors over time is unknown. Using smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment, this study evaluated pre-to 1-year post-MBS changes in daily weight management-focused PSS and associations with weight loss, device-measured activity behaviors, and eating regulation before and during the initial year after MBS.

Method

Adult MBS patients (n = 71) received (1) an accelerometer to measure daily moderate-to-vigorous intensity physic

SUBMITTER: Bond DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804323 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature