Eating disturbances before and after vertical banded gastroplasty: A pilot study

Although VBG led to varying weight loss, some patients exhibited a weight regain as postoperative time increased, and patients currently diagnosed with an eating disturbance were more likely to exhibit weight regain than people without these disturbances.

Abstract

VBG appears to be successful in producing weight loss in the morbidly obese, but less successful in altering eating behavior or psychiatric status. Future studies should aim to clarify the role of eating behavior in determining the outcome of bariatric surgery and examine whether treatments such as cognitive behavior therapy targeted specifically at the eating disturbance can improve surgical outcome.