Psychological Aspects of Obesity in Women

Pregnancy in the Obese Woman: Clinical Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 15-32

  Lacoursiere, Yvette D ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS); Early traumatic event exposure predisposing to obesity in adulthood; Generalized anxiety disorder, and obesity in women and 4th edition (DSM IV) criteria; Multiple potential causal pathways stress, depression and obesity, complicating clinical research; Obese women, and psychosocial stressors and psychological disorders, than other women; Obesity and quality of life during pregnancy; Psychological aspects of obesity in women; Psychosocial factors and disorders and obesity in women; Psychosocial stressors, affecting health and well being response in neuroendocrine system; Weight based stigmatization experiences, of overweight and obese individuals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882449145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444391183.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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