Body mass index and alcohol use
Body mass index and alcohol use
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DOI:
10.1300/j069v23n03_08
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Jacobs, WS
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作者:
Kleiner, KD;Gold, MS;Jacobs, WS
Background. Obesity, inactivity, and being overweight are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The relationship between eating, overeating, and addiction have been discussed, debated, and more recently investigated. We have hypothesized that drugs of abuse compete with food for brain reward sites. Overeating and obesity may act as protective factors reducing drug reward and addiction.Methods. In the first part of this study, 374 charts of all active weight management patients in a 12-month period were examined. Demographic information, laboratory testing, psychiatric diagnostic interview, alcohol and drug history were reviewed. A detailed alcohol use, abuse, dependence history was present in 298 charts as part of the pre-bariatric evaluation. The relationship between BMI and alcohol use among female patients (n = 298) was then analyzed.Results. We found a significant (p