OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of body weight on body image. METHODS: The study was carried out in severely obese patients and in postobese subjects, having attained and maintaining a normal or nearly normal weight following biliopancreatic diversion; body image was assessed by self-report questionnaires. RESULTS: The obese patients' scores were different from those of postobese subjects. In postobese individuals with adult-onset obesity, body image was very similar to that of controls, whilst in those with early-onset obesity it was abnormal. DISCUSSION: In the adult-onset obese patients, since the weight normalization causes a sharp improvement of body image, its alterations could be accounted for by a body shape far different from that socially acceptable. In the early-onset obese patients, being the postoperative findings similar to those of the obese patients and different from those of never-obese controls, the body image disparagement might reflect inner feelings, independent of body weight.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of body weight on body image. METHODS: The study was carried out in severely obesepatients and in postobese subjects, having attained and maintaining a normal or nearly normal weight following biliopancreatic diversion; body image was assessed by self-report questionnaires. RESULTS: The obesepatients' scores were different from those of postobese subjects. In postobese individuals with adult-onset obesity, body image was very similar to that of controls, whilst in those with early-onset obesity it was abnormal. DISCUSSION: In the adult-onset obesepatients, since the weight normalization causes a sharp improvement of body image, its alterations could be accounted for by a body shape far different from that socially acceptable. In the early-onset obesepatients, being the postoperative findings similar to those of the obesepatients and different from those of never-obese controls, the body image disparagement might reflect inner feelings, independent of body weight.
Authors: Tiffany M Stewart; Amy R Bachand; Hongmei Han; Donna H Ryan; George A Bray; Donald A Williamson Journal: Obesity (Silver Spring) Date: 2010-12-09 Impact factor: 5.002
Authors: David B Sarwer; Thomas A Wadden; Reneé H Moore; Miriam H Eisenberg; Steven E Raper; Noel N Williams Journal: Surg Obes Relat Dis Date: 2010-08-13 Impact factor: 4.734
Authors: Rozhin Naghshizadian; Amir A Rahnemai-Azar; Kruthi Kella; Michael M Weber; Marius L Calin; Shahida Bibi; Daniel T Farkas Journal: J Obes Date: 2014-12-29