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Night Eating and Loss of Control over Eating in Bariatric Surgery Candidates

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The goal was to examine the relationship between loss of control over eating (LOCE) and other variables, including eating pathology, in bariatric candidates. Two hundred and twenty-six participants completed measures of depressive symptoms, eating pathology, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and alcohol use. Participants were divided into those who did (n = 123) and did not (n = 103) report subjective LOCE. Participants with LOCE had significantly higher levels of night eating, depressive symptoms, and eating disorder psychopathology and lower mental HRQOL. There were no observed differences in alcohol use, dietary restraint, or physical HRQOL. This study highlights eating and mental health-related correlates of LOCE, providing evidence that it is associated with increased psychological burden in bariatric candidates. This is one of the first studies to report the relationship between LOCE and night eating in this group and future research could elaborate on these variables to determine their importance in long-term weight loss.

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Sarah Royal, Susan Wnuk, Katie Warwick, Raed Hawa, and Sanjeev Sockalingam declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

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  1. Toronto Western Hospital Bariatric Surgery Psychosocial Program, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Sarah Royal, Susan Wnuk, Katie Warwick, Raed Hawa & Sanjeev Sockalingam

  2. Medical Psychiatry Program, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Raed Hawa & Sanjeev Sockalingam

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Raed Hawa & Sanjeev Sockalingam

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Royal, S., Wnuk, S., Warwick, K. et al. Night Eating and Loss of Control over Eating in Bariatric Surgery Candidates. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 22, 14–19 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-014-9411-6

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