Eating Behavior after Bariatric Surgery (EBBS) Questionnaire: a New Validated Tool to Quantify the Patients' Compliance to Post-Bariatric Dietary and Lifestyle Suggestions.

Purpose: In the management of bariatric surgery follow-up, a multidisciplinary approach allows to evaluate the weight loss maintenance and the dietary and lifestyle changes adherence. The main aim of this study is to create and to validate a questionnaire (eating behavior after bariatric surgery (EBBS)) to objectivize the compliance to dietary/lifestyle suggestions after bariatric surgery.

Materials And Methods: An observational retrospective monocentric clinical trial was carried out at the Bariatric Surgery Unit of Modena, Italy.

Cyclic progestin administration increases energy expenditure and decreases body fat mass in perimenopausal women.

Objective: The menopause transition is characterized by luteal phase defect anovulatory cycles, and changes in body weight and body composition. Resting metabolic rate (RMR) is increased in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. We evaluated whether progestin administration increases RMR and influences body composition of perimenopausal women.

Weight loss expectations in obese patients and treatment attrition: an observational multicenter study.

Objective: To investigate the influence of weight loss expectations (expected 1-year BMI loss, dream and maximum acceptable BMI) on attrition in obese patients seeking treatment.

Research Methods And Procedures: Obese subjects (1,785; 1,393 women; median age, 46 years; median BMI, 36.7 kg/m(2)) seeking treatment in 23 medical Italian centers were evaluated.