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[quote=Anonymous]The statistics conclude about 30% of bariatric patients develop transfer addiction.

https://www.obesityaction.org/community/news/bariatric-surgery/transfer-addiction-following-bariatric-surgery/

https://bcofa.com/addictive-behaviors-after-bariatric-surgery/

Anyone who knows Reddit can easily search for the bariatric surgery forums and sub forums devoted to transfer addiction as well as to marital issues that arise post-WLS between partners whose relationships were arranged around disordered eating.

The Facebook pages are private groups you have to join - search using key phrases like ‘transfer addiction after WLS’, ‘alcohol addiction support post bariatric’, etc.

It is also useful to read in the pages that are just general bariatric surgery support groups - that’s where you’ll see a lot of posts by folks who are already thinking ahead about how they’ll continue to eat the same junk food diet after having surgery. It makes you see how a high percent of people aren’t actually psychologically prepared to make the long term permanent lifestyle changes to get optimal results from the procedure.

Here’s one anecdotal story:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/my-sister-drank-herself-to-death-what-is-bariatric-transfer-addiction/amp/

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