Psychosocial predictors of problematic eating in young adults who underwent adolescent bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined problematic eating and eating-related psychopathology among young adults who underwent adolescent bariatric surgery including concurrent and prospective associations with psychosocial factors and weight change.

Methods

VIEW point is a 6-year follow-up study within a prospective observational study series observing adolescents with severe obesity who had bariatric surgery (n = 139) or who presented to nonsurgical lifestyle modification programs (n = 83). Participants completed height/weight measurements, questionnaires, and diagnostic interviews. Regression analyses compared problematic eating across groups and examined Year 6 correlates (i.e., psychosocial factors and weight change) and baseline predictors (i.e., psychosocial fa

SUBMITTER: Decker KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9535670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature