Body image in obese candidates for bariatric surgery

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Event Abstract Back to Event Body image in obese candidates for bariatric surgery Gloria Aguayo1*, M. Dammé1, C. Arendt2, S. Bachim2, M. Larcelet1, M. Vaillant1 and Charles Pull1, 2 1 Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, Luxembourg 2 Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Obese patients present a high body dissatisfaction. There exist little studies exploring the relation between obesity and body image. Aims of the current study were to assess a possible relation between body image problems and degree of obesity, depression, quality of life, self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. Conference: Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Abstracts Citation: Aguayo G, Dammé M, Arendt C, Bachim S, Larcelet M, Vaillant M and Pull C (2009). Body image in obese candidates for bariatric surgery. Front. Neuroeng. Conference Abstract: Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.001 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 18 Mar 2009; Published Online: 18 Mar 2009. * Correspondence: Gloria Aguayo, Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, gloria.aguayo@crp-sante.lu Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Gloria Aguayo M. Dammé C. Arendt S. Bachim M. Larcelet M. Vaillant Charles Pull Google Gloria Aguayo M. Dammé C. Arendt S. Bachim M. Larcelet M. Vaillant Charles Pull Google Scholar Gloria Aguayo M. Dammé C. Arendt S. Bachim M. Larcelet M. Vaillant Charles Pull PubMed Gloria Aguayo M. Dammé C. Arendt S. Bachim M. Larcelet M. Vaillant Charles Pull Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.