Depressive symptoms, psychological flexibility, and binge eating in individuals seeking behavioral weight loss treatment.

ABSTRACT: Depressive symptoms and binge eating are both prevalent in weight management populations and may be associated with reduced benefit from behavioral weight loss, including higher attrition, more perceived barriers, lower weight loss, and increased weight regain. These two potential risk factors for poor behavioral weight loss outcomes may also be associated with each other as depressive symptoms may trigger binge eating, and binge eating-related distress could increase depressive symptoms. The depressive symptom-binge eating link has not been well studied in weight management samples, and psychological processes involved in this relationship have not yet been elucidated. Psychological flexibility, an individual's ability to be connected with and conscious of the present moment and to engage

SUBMITTER: Godfrey KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature