Delay Discounting as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Weight Loss in Breast Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT: Obesity in breast cancer (BC) survivors is associated with increased mortality. Delay discounting (DD) is a behavioral economic measure of how individuals value future outcomes. Higher DD correlates with obesity in the general population. Valuation of the future may be associated with obesity differently in cancer survivors. This study evaluated the relationship between DD and obesity in BC survivors. We report an exploratory analysis assessing cross-sectional associations between DD, BMI, and lifestyle behaviors (vegetable and fruit consumption, exercise) related to obesity in 89 women with hormone receptor positive non-metastatic BC. Multivariate linear regression analysis examined demographic and lifestyle behavior variables associated with both BMI and DD. Greater willingness to wait f

SUBMITTER: Sukumar JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8909266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature