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Multicenter Study
. 2014 Dec:59:148-54.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.004. Epub 2014 Aug 17.

Association between binge eating disorder and changes in cognitive functioning following bariatric surgery

Jason M Lavender  1 , Michael L Alosco  2 , Mary Beth Spitznagel  2 , Gladys Strain  3 , Michael Devlin  4 , Ronald Cohen  5 , Robert Paul  6 , Ross D Crosby  7 , James E Mitchell  7 , Stephen A Wonderlich  7 , John Gunstad  2
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Multicenter Study

Association between binge eating disorder and changes in cognitive functioning following bariatric surgery

Jason M Lavender et al. J Psychiatr Res. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Evidence suggests that both obesity and binge eating disorder (BED) may be associated with deficits in cognitive functioning. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a lifetime history of BED would be associated with changes in several domains of cognitive functioning (attention, executive function, language, and memory) following bariatric surgery. Participants were 68 bariatric surgery patients who completed a computerized battery of cognitive tests within 30 days prior to undergoing surgery and again at a 12-Month postoperative follow-up. Results revealed that on the whole, participants displayed improvements from baseline to follow-up in attention, executive function, and memory, even after controlling for diagnostic history of depression; no changes were observed for language. However, individuals with and without a history of BED did not differ in changes in body mass index or in the degree of improvement in cognitive functioning from baseline to follow-up. Such results suggest that a history of BED does not influence changes in cognitive functioning following bariatric surgery. Future research will be needed to further clarify the role of BED in predicting cognitive function over time.

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Binge eating disorder; Cognition; Obesity.

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The authors of this manuscript do not have any conflicts of interest.

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