TY - JOUR
T1 - Food cravings among bariatric surgery candidates
AU - Crowley, Nina
AU - Madan, Alok
AU - Wedin, Sharlene
AU - Correll, Jennifer A.
AU - Delustro, Laura M.
AU - Borckardt, Jeffery J.
AU - Karl Byrne, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was partially supported by the Menninger Foundation and McNair Medical Institute. Dr. Alok Ma-dan is a McNair Scholar. The study follows the guidelines on good publication practices. The study sponsors were not involved in any aspect of the research activities and did not approve the specific protocol or manuscript. Thus, the authors were independent from study sponsors in the context of the research.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Purpose: Food cravings are common, more prevalent in the obese, and may differ in those who pursue surgical treatment for obesity. Food craving tools are most often validated in non-clinical, non-obese samples. Methods: In this retrospective study, 227 bariatric surgery candidates at a large medical center completed the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T). The aim was to explore the factor structure of the FCQ-T. Results: Principal components analysis with varimax rotation revealed a seven-factor structure that explained 70.89 % of the variance. The seven factors were: (1) preoccupation with food, (2) emotional triggers, (3) environmental cues, (4) loss of control, (5) relief from negative emotions, (6) guilt, and (7) physiological response. The preoccupation with food factor accounted for 49.46 % of the variance in responses. Conclusions: Unlike other populations, food cravings in bariatric surgery candidates appear to be related most to preoccupations with food.
AB - Purpose: Food cravings are common, more prevalent in the obese, and may differ in those who pursue surgical treatment for obesity. Food craving tools are most often validated in non-clinical, non-obese samples. Methods: In this retrospective study, 227 bariatric surgery candidates at a large medical center completed the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T). The aim was to explore the factor structure of the FCQ-T. Results: Principal components analysis with varimax rotation revealed a seven-factor structure that explained 70.89 % of the variance. The seven factors were: (1) preoccupation with food, (2) emotional triggers, (3) environmental cues, (4) loss of control, (5) relief from negative emotions, (6) guilt, and (7) physiological response. The preoccupation with food factor accounted for 49.46 % of the variance in responses. Conclusions: Unlike other populations, food cravings in bariatric surgery candidates appear to be related most to preoccupations with food.
KW - Bariatric surgery
KW - Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait
KW - Food cravings
KW - Psychosocial outcomes
KW - Weight loss surgery
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U2 - 10.1007/s40519-013-0095-y
DO - 10.1007/s40519-013-0095-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 24446333
AN - SCOPUS:84897945525
SN - 1124-4909
VL - 19
SP - 371
EP - 376
JO - Eating and Weight Disorders
JF - Eating and Weight Disorders
IS - 3
ER -