Eating Behaviors in Bariatric Surgery and Lifestyle Weight Loss Groups

A dataset from figshare by Laura Vuorela, last updated on 2026-04-27. It contains standardized eating behavior data for participants in bariatric surgery and lifestyle-induced weight loss interventions, categorized by their percentage of weight loss. The dataset is a 5.5 KB XLS file.

Use Cases

• Compare eating behavior changes between surgical and lifestyle interventions based on the described group categorization.
• Model the relationship between specific eating behaviors and percentage weight loss based on the dataset's stated focus.
• Identify behavioral patterns that correlate with successful weight loss outcomes in clinical settings based on the described standardized measures.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly standardized, suggesting consistent measurement across groups.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and adaptation.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

Laura Vuorela via figshare

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of a clinical weight loss study, but specific methodology is not detailed.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 17:40:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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