Binge eating disorder is not predictive of alcohol abuse disorders in long-term follow-up period after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

CONCLUSION: The presence of BED before RYGB did not predict AUD and BED after RYGB. Nevertheless, factors involved in a possible association between BED and AUD after surgery remain to be determined.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, cohort study.
PMID: 30859463 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - March 10, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Freire CC, Zanella MT, Arasaki CH, Segal A, Carneiro G Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research