Disordered Eating and Recurrent Weight Gain After MBS

Inclusion Criteria

• •Adults aged 18-65 years
• •History of metabolic bariatric surgery
• •At least 5 years post-surgery
• •Individuals presenting either:
• •recurrent weight gain after initial successful weight loss, or insufficient weight loss defined as nadir percent total weight loss (%TWL nadir) \<20%.
• •Recurrent weight gain (RWG) was defined according to IFSO consensus recommendations. RWG (%) was calculated as:
• •RWG (%) = (weight regained / maximum weight loss) × 100
• •Participants were categorized using a cut-off value of 30% (RWG ≥30% vs. \<30%).