Relationships among tonic and episodic aspects of motivation to eat, gut peptides, and weight before and after bariatric surgery

EJ Bryant, NA King, Y Falken, PM Hellström… - Surgery for Obesity and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background The interaction between motivation to eat, eating behavior traits, and gut
peptides after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is not fully understood. Methods
Appetite and hormone responses to a fixed liquid preload were assessed in 12 obese (body
mass index 45±1.9 kg/m 2) participants immediately before and 3 days, 2 months, and 1
year after RYGB surgery. Subjective appetite and plasma levels of ghrelin, leptin, insulin,
and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) were measured for a 3-hour postprandial period …