Attitudes of morbidly obese patients to weight loss and body image following bariatric surgery and body contouring

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-73

  Pecori, Laura ^a   Cervetti, Gian Giacomo Serra ^b   Marinari, Giuseppe M ^a   Migliori, Franco ^b   Adami, Gian Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Body contouring; Body image; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34047139893     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9008-3     Document Type: Article

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