The ambivalence of losing weight after bariatric surgery

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Warholm, Christine ^a   Øien, Aud Marie ^b   Raheim, Malfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b University College of Sogn and Fjordane   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lived body; Lived experience; Obesity surgery; Phenomenology; Weight loss; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LIVED BODY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORWAY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

LIVED BODY; LIVED EXPERIENCE; OBESITY SURGERY; PHENOMENOLOGY; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORWAY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84894600786     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v9.22876     Document Type: Article

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