Personality type, eating behaviour and suicide risk in women in treatment for obesity.

CONCLUSIONS: Women who were in pharmacological treatment for obesity or were post-bariatric surgery present specific types of personality. Introversion was associated with a higher BMI and a higher risk of suicidal thoughts.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
PMID: 32172507 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - March 13, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: de Figueiredo MDD, Nasser SN, Franco CB, Dos Santos CB, Boguszewski CL, Suplicy HL, Rodrigues AM, Radominski RB Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research