Alexithymia and body weight in obese patients

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 121-126

  Franco Adami, Gian ^a   Campostano, Adelia ^a   Ravera, Giambattista ^a   Leggieri, Mariantonia ^a   Scopinaro, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Body shape attitudes; Eating behavior; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0035740435     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280109595778     Document Type: Article

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