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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2025 Nov 11;22(2):280–289. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2025.10.019

Table 3.

Change in Self-Reported Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire Scores from Surgical Consultation at 3-, and 6- Following Sleeve Gastrectomy Among Youth Receiving Perioperative Anti-Obesity Medication (OM) Compared to Those with No Obesity Medication Exposure Pre- or Postoperatively.

Category of Eating Behavior Time Received Perioperative OM
(n=74)
p No OM Exposure
(n=20)
p Between-group differences p
Emotional Overeating 3-months −2 (−2.6, −1.4) <0.01 −0.3 (−0.6, 0) 0.02 −1.7 (−2.2, −1.1) <0.01
missing 7 10
6-months −2.2 (−2.9, −1.5) <0.01 0 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.76 −2.2 (−2.9, −1.4) <0.01
missing 15 12
Enjoyment of Food 3-months −0.8 (−1.1, −0.5) <0.01 −0.3 (−0.5, −0.1) 0.02 −0.5 (−0.8, −0.3) <0.01
6-months −0.4 (−0.8, 0) 0.03 −0.1 (−0.2, 0) 0.08 −0.3 (−0.6, 0) 0.04
Food Responsiveness 3-months −2.1 (−2.6, −1.7) <0.01 −0.6 (−1, −0.2) <0.01 −1.6 (−2.1, −1) <0.01
6-months −2.3 (−2.9, −1.7) <0.01 −0.3 (−0.6, 0.1) 0.18 −2 (−2.7, −1.4) <0.01
Hunger 3-months −2.2 (−2.6, −1.8) <0.01 −0.5 (−0.9, −0.1) 0.01 −1.7 (−2.2, −1.2) <0.01
6-months −2.3 (−2.8, −1.7) <0.01 −0.1 (−0.3, 0.1) 0.43 −2.2 (−2.8, −1.6) <0.01
Satiety Responsiveness 3-months 1.4 (1.1, 1.8) <0.01 0.6 (0.2, 1.1) <0.01 0.8 (0.2, 1.3) 0.01
6-months 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) <0.01 0.1 (−0.5, 0.7) 0.79 1.4 (0.7, 2.2) <0.01
Slowness 3-months 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) <0.01 0.9 (0.2, 1.6) 0.01 1 (0.3, 1.7) 0.01
6-months 2.1 (1.5, 2.7) <0.01 0.3 (−0.3, 0.8) 0.36 1.8 (1.1, 2.5) <0.01
a

Values are the median (95% confidence interval)