Katherine A. Elder

TL;DR: Given the accumulating evidence that bariatric surgery is efficacious in producing significant and durable weight loss, improving obesity-related comorbidities, and extending survival, the U.S. healthcare system should examine ways to improve access to this treatment for obesity.

TL;DR: The current and lifetime rates of psychopathology are high in bariatric surgery candidates, and the Lifetime rates of affective disorder and alcohol use disorders are particularly prominent.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe eating patterns, prevalence of problematic eating behaviors, and determine factors associated with binge eating disorder (BED), before bariatric surgery, before surgery, 2,266 participants (median age 46 years; 78.6% female; 86.9% white; median body mass index 45.9 kg/m2) completed eating behavior survey items in the self-administered LABS-2 Behavior form.

TL;DR: Among a cohort of participants with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery, a large percentage experienced improvement, compared with baseline, in pain, physical function, and walk time over 3 years, but the percentage with improvement in pain and physical function decreased between year 1 and year 3.

TL;DR: The EDE-Q appeared to differentiate between non/infrequent bingers and recurrent bingers better than the QEWP-R, based on measures of convergent validity, and demonstrated an advantage because it identified binge eaters with elevated weight and shape overconcern.