Depression subtypes, binge eating, and weight loss in bariatric surgery candidates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression and binge eating disorder (BED) are prevalent among bariatric surgery candidates. Depression subtypes may be differentially related to obesity, such that the atypical subtype predicts poorer outcomes. However, no research has examined depression subtypes, BED, and weight loss in bariatric candidates.

Objective

To examine whether presurgical atypical depressive symptoms, compared with no depressive and melancholic depressive symptoms, were associated with higher rates of presurgical BED, binge eating severity, and poorer postsurgical weight loss trajectories among bariatric candidates.

Setting

An outpatient Midwest bariatric clinic.

Methods

Participants were 345 adults (aged 46.27 ± 12.78 yr, 76% female; body mass index = 49.84 ± 8.51 kg/m<

SUBMITTER: Smith CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310127 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature