Body Image Disturbances and Weight Bias After Obesity Surgery: Semantic and Visual Evaluation in a Controlled Study, Findings from the BodyTalk Project

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 1625 - 1634
• Main Authors: Meneguzzo, Paolo, Behrens, Simone Claire, Favaro, Angela, Tenconi, Elena, Vindigni, Vincenzo, Teufel, Martin, Skoda, Eva-Maria, Lindner, Marion, Quiros-Ramirez, M. Alejandra, Mohler, Betty, Black, Michael, Zipfel, Stephan, Giel, Katrin E., Pavan, Chiara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Body Image; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Obesity; Obesity - surgery; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Original Contributions; Overweight; Self Concept; Self image; Semantics; Surgery; Weight control; Obesity; Body weight dissatisfaction; Weight bias; Obesity surgery; Body image

Purpose Body image has a significant impact on the outcome of obesity surgery. This study aims to perform a semantic evaluation of body shapes in obesity surgery patients and a group of controls. Materials and Methods Thirty-four obesity surgery (OS) subjects, stable after weight loss (average 48.03...