Sexual functioning and obesity: A review

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2325-2333

  Kolotkin, Ronette L ^a,b   Zunker, Christie ^c,d   Ostbye, Truls ^b,e  

^a Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STOMACH BYPASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84870290498     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.104     Document Type: Review

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