eprintid: 10206579 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/20/65/79 datestamp: 2025-03-27 09:26:52 lastmod: 2025-03-27 09:26:52 status_changed: 2025-03-27 09:26:52 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Yousefi, Reyhaneh creators_name: Bacon, Simon L creators_name: Boucher, Vincent Gosselin creators_name: Acosta, Patricia FC creators_name: O'Neill, John creators_name: Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Manuela creators_name: Raymond, Florence Coulombe creators_name: Lorencatto, Fabiana title: Barriers to and enablers of modifying diet after metabolic bariatric surgery: A systematic review of published literature ispublished: inpress divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F66 keywords: ADHERENCE, barrier, behavior change, BEHAVIOR-CHANGE, diet, enabler, Endocrinology & Metabolism, FOLLOW-UP, GASTRIC BYPASS-SURGERY, IMPACT, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, metabolic bariatric surgery, OUTCOMES, PATIENTS EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES, Science & Technology, SUPPORT, WEIGHT-LOSS note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This is a qualitative systematic review in which we investigated barriers and enablers influencing dietary behavior change after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS). Database searches retrieved publications reporting perceived factors influencing dietary behavior change post-MBS. Data (quotes, survey results, interpretative summaries) were extracted and analyzed using combined deductive and inductive thematic analyses. The generated barrier/enabler themes mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework and then behavior change techniques to identify potential strategies to improve post-operative dietary behavior. Thirty-four publications were included. Key barriers fell within the domains of ‘Environmental Context and Resources’ (e.g., insufficient and unreliable healthcare services), ‘Behavioral Regulation’ (e.g., lack of self-discipline), ‘Emotions’ (e.g., eating as a strategy to overcome negative emotions), ‘Beliefs about Consequences’ (e.g., the extent of realistic expectations from MBS), and ‘Social Influences’ (e.g., challenge of eating at social events). Key enablers were also identified within ‘Environmental Context and Resources’ (e.g. self-access internet-based resources), ‘Behavioral Regulation’ (e.g. learning how to develop new dietary strategies), ‘Beliefs about Consequences’ (e.g., positive impacts of surgery-induced food intolerances), and ‘Social Influences’ (e.g., support from social/group sessions). Potential strategies to change postoperative dietary behavior include social support, problem-solving, goal setting, and self-monitoring of behavior. This provides insight into the targets for future post-operative nutrition-focused interventions. date: 2025-01-15 date_type: published publisher: Wiley-Blackwell official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13893 full_text_type: other language: eng verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2354996 doi: 10.1111/obr.13893 medium: Print-Electronic lyricists_name: Lorencatto, Fabiana lyricists_id: FRLOR99 actors_name: Lorencatto, Fabiana actors_id: FRLOR99 actors_role: owner full_text_status: restricted publication: Obesity Reviews article_number: e13893 pages: 17 event_location: England issn: 1467-7881 citation: Yousefi, Reyhaneh; Bacon, Simon L; Boucher, Vincent Gosselin; Acosta, Patricia FC; O'Neill, John; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Manuela; Raymond, Florence Coulombe; Yousefi, Reyhaneh; Bacon, Simon L; Boucher, Vincent Gosselin; Acosta, Patricia FC; O'Neill, John; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Manuela; Raymond, Florence Coulombe; Lorencatto, Fabiana; - view fewer <#> (2025) Barriers to and enablers of modifying diet after metabolic bariatric surgery: A systematic review of published literature. Obesity Reviews , Article e13893. 10.1111/obr.13893 <https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13893>. (In press). document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206579/1/Barriers%20to%20and%20enablers%20of%20modifying%20diet%20after%20metabolic%20bariatric%20surgery_A%20systematic%20review%20of%20published%20literature_2025_Obesity%20Reviews.pdf