Eating Behaviour Before, During, and After Obesity Medication

This study will examine how eating behaviour changes during the first 18 months of treatment with obesity medications in patients attending the St Vincent's Healthcare Group obesity service. Obesity is increasingly understood as a chronic, relapsing, multifactorial disease that requires long-term management rather than short-term advice alone. Newer anti-obesity medications, particularly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and related therapies, have improved weight-loss outcomes and altered the experience of hunger, fullness, food reward, and meal size for many patients. However, while weight reduction is well described in the literature, less is known about how patients themselves experience eating behaviour over time as treatment progresses from initiation to active weight loss and then towards weight maintenance. This study is designed to address that gap by exploring the lived experience of appetite and food-related behaviour across clinically meaningful stages of treatment. The study will use a longitudinal mixed-methods design. Thirty participants aged 16 to 80 years with a body mass index above 27 kg/m2 who are commencing weight-loss medication as part of routine care will be recruited. The sample size includes an allowance for a modest dropout rate over the study period. Participants will be followed at four time points: baseline, approximately 3 months after treatment initiation, around 12 months, and at 18 months, with a visit window of plus or minus 13 days.…

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Prof Carel W le Roux, MBChB, MSC, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD  ·  353-1-4064781  ·  Carel.leRoux@ucd.ie

Francisca Contreras, MSc  ·  353-1-2214000

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