Eating expectancies before bariatric surgery: assessment and associations with weight loss trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While presurgical eating behaviors have demonstrated limited prognostic value, cognitions regarding the effects of eating may serve as important predictors of weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery. The Eating Expectancies Inventory (EEI) is a commonly used, self-report measure of expected consequences of eating; however, its psychometric and predictive properties have not yet been evaluated among bariatric surgery patients.

Objectives

This study sought to examine the factor structure and internal consistency of the EEI among bariatric surgery candidates, to examine relationships between EEI factors and measures of eating psychopathology, and to explore the effects of eating expectancies on postsurgical weight loss.

Setting

Data originated from an int

SUBMITTER: Williams-Kerver GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6834900 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature