Objective: Body image dissatisfaction is common in treatment seeking patients with obesity. We aimed to investigate the effects of obesity management on body image in patients with obesity attending Italian medical centers for weight loss programs. Research Methods and Procedures: 473 obese patients seeking treatment in 13 Italian medical centers (80% females; age, 45.9 ± SD 11.0 years; BMI, 36.8 ± 5.7 kg/m2) were evaluated at baseline and following a 6-month weight loss treatment. Body uneasiness, psychiatric distress and binge eating were tested by Body Uneasiness Test (BUT, Part A), Symptom CheckList-90 (SCL-90), and Binge Eating Scale (BES), respectively. Results: At 6-month follow-up, the percentage weight loss was significantly higher in men (9.0 ± 6.3%) than women (6.8 ± 7.3%; P = 0.010). Both men and women had a significant improvement in BUT Global Severity Index (GSI), and in all the BUT subscales with the exception of the Compulsive Self-Monitoring subscale. Linear regression analysis selected baseline psychological and behavioral measures (global score of BUT and SCL-90) and improved psychiatric distress and binge eating as independent predictors of changes in basal body dissatisfaction in females, whereas in males changes were only associated with baseline BUT-GSI score, binge eating and its treatment-associated improvement. Pre-treatment BMI and BMI changes did not enter the regression. Discussion: Obesity treatment, even with a modest degree of weight loss, is associated with a significant improvement of body image, both in females and males. This effect mainly depends on psychological factors, not on the amount of weight loss.
R. Dalle Grave, M. Cuzzolaro, S. Calugi, F. Tomasi, F. Temperilli, G. Marchesini Reggiani, et al. (2007). The effect of obesity management on body image in patients seeking treatment at medical centers. OBESITY, 15(9), 2320-2327 [10.1038/oby.2007.275].
The effect of obesity management on body image in patients seeking treatment at medical centers
CALUGI, SIMONA;MARCHESINI REGGIANI, GIULIO;
2007
Abstract
Objective: Body image dissatisfaction is common in treatment seeking patients with obesity. We aimed to investigate the effects of obesity management on body image in patients with obesity attending Italian medical centers for weight loss programs. Research Methods and Procedures: 473 obese patients seeking treatment in 13 Italian medical centers (80% females; age, 45.9 ± SD 11.0 years; BMI, 36.8 ± 5.7 kg/m2) were evaluated at baseline and following a 6-month weight loss treatment. Body uneasiness, psychiatric distress and binge eating were tested by Body Uneasiness Test (BUT, Part A), Symptom CheckList-90 (SCL-90), and Binge Eating Scale (BES), respectively. Results: At 6-month follow-up, the percentage weight loss was significantly higher in men (9.0 ± 6.3%) than women (6.8 ± 7.3%; P = 0.010). Both men and women had a significant improvement in BUT Global Severity Index (GSI), and in all the BUT subscales with the exception of the Compulsive Self-Monitoring subscale. Linear regression analysis selected baseline psychological and behavioral measures (global score of BUT and SCL-90) and improved psychiatric distress and binge eating as independent predictors of changes in basal body dissatisfaction in females, whereas in males changes were only associated with baseline BUT-GSI score, binge eating and its treatment-associated improvement. Pre-treatment BMI and BMI changes did not enter the regression. Discussion: Obesity treatment, even with a modest degree of weight loss, is associated with a significant improvement of body image, both in females and males. This effect mainly depends on psychological factors, not on the amount of weight loss.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
