Relationship between Eating Behavior, Quality of Life and Weight Regain in Women after Bariatric Surgery

Talita Nogueira Berino; Aline Leão Reis; Manuela Maria de Lima Carvalhal; Jeane Lorena Dias Kikuchi; Rachel Coêlho Ripardo Teixeira; Daniela Lopes Gomes

doi:10.3390/ijerph19137648

Relationship between Eating Behavior, Quality of Life and Weight Regain in Women after Bariatric Surgery

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 22;19(13):7648. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137648.

Authors

Talita Nogueira Berino¹, Aline Leão Reis¹, Manuela Maria de Lima Carvalhal^{2

3}, Jeane Lorena Dias Kikuchi¹, Rachel Coêlho Ripardo Teixeira¹, Daniela Lopes Gomes^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Nucleus of Behavior Theory Research, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075110, Pará, Brazil.
² Nucleus of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075110, Pará, Brazil.
³ Nutrition Faculty, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075110, Pará, Brazil.

Abstract

Individuals undergoing bariatric Surgery (BS) may have long-term weight regain. There is a need to investigate factors that may be related to this and if they can interfere with Quality of Life (QOL). This study aims to evaluate the relationship between eating behavior, perception of QOL, and weight regain in women after 24 months of bariatric surgery. This was a transversal study with 50 adult women residents in the city of Belém, Brazil. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, eating behavior (Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire—TFEQ-21) and perception of QOL (Item Short Form Healthy Survey—SF-36) data were collected. In 60% (n = 30) there was weight regain (≥15%), with a mean weight regain of 23.3% (±18.4). Emotional eating was the most frequent pattern (p = 0.047). Regarding QOL, the functional capacity and limitation due to physical aspects domains had a better perception (p < 0.0001). Women without weight regain showed a better perception of the functional capacity aspects (p = 0.007), limitation due to physical aspects (p = 0.044), social aspects (p = 0.048), and general physical components (p = 0.016) and also had an inverse association with the perception of QOL in physical components (p = 0.008). Patterns of eating behavior and weight regain can damage the perception of QOL, especially physical capacity. Long-term follow-up is essential to evaluate the behavior of people who have undergone BS in order to prevent weight regain and QOL damage.

Keywords: bariatric surgery; eating behavior; emotional eating; quality of life.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Bariatric Surgery*
Feeding Behavior / psychology
Female
Humans
Obesity, Morbid* / surgery
Quality of Life / psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Weight Gain

Grants and funding

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 (master’s scholarship awarded to T.N.B. for 1-year). The other authors did not receive support from any organization for the submitted study. The article processing charge (APC) was financed by the Research Department of the Federal University of Pará (Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação–PROPESP/UFPA), notice 02/2022 (PAPQ/PROPESP).