Assessing the relationship between body mass index and substance craving among patients with substance use disorders

Although results indicate participants with obesity and SUD do not experience significantly higher craving for substances, more research is needed to uncover how this varies across different patient populations. Future studies should seek to include more comprehensive measures of obesity and eating behaviors to assess how these may impact substance craving and other SUD treatment outcomes. Level of Evidence Level III (Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies).