Unconscious attention to food may explain weight regain after bariatric surgery

Among a cohort of adults who underwent weight-loss surgery, those with severe obesity before surgery showed a greater preconscious attentional bias response to food stimuli compared with adults whose obesity was less extreme, suggesting that a subconscious response to food may drive weight regain among some adults, according to findings accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual

Source: Greater preconscious attention to food in severe obesity may explain weight regain after bariatric surgery