Psychological Aspects Of Obesity Research Articles

Psychological considerations for the holistic management of obesity

Psychological presence in multidisciplinary obesity teams has been highlighted as an important component of such teams. Although mentioned in guidelines and recommendations, there is little information regarding the extent to which this is present currently in weight management services, and in what form. Here, we discuss important ways in which psychological aspects of obesity can impact a person living with obesity and how psychology can be incorporated to provide holistic support in weight management services. Recommendations are also made to create clearer guidelines to provide a more robust reference for the inclusion of psychology in multidisciplinary teams.

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Psychological Aspects of Obesity and Obesity Surgery: A Simple Review

Grade III and IV obese patients had higher levels of depression than grade II obese patients, lower self-esteem, and lower quality of life. Thus, an important but often overlooked outcome is the assessment of the impact of surgery on mental health. This is an important outcome measure because it can contribute to a patient's concept of overall well-being. Although British Columbia has an edge in managing obesity, psychosocial and behavioral factors can influence postoperative outcomes. According to some authors, mental illness severe enough to require treatment may be a negative predictor of surgical outcome. This review reviews the literature on the impact of liposuction surgery on the psychological functioning of patients with obesity. Most studies have shown that people with obesity, especially those requiring surgery, report significantly worse quality of life. This may be due to impaired physical and psychosocial functioning, discrimination and psychiatric consequences, or it may be due to overweight and associated morbidity. Finally, most research and clinical experience shows that people with obesity who seek surgical treatment for obesity are more likely to have psychological problems, abnormal eating behaviors, and quality of life. Life declines more than the average person, but bariatric surgery can help improve your mental state. Patients, improve the patient's quality of life.

Psychological Aspects of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Childhood obesity is multi factorial health condition, so the simple evaluation of body fat will not be sufficed to manage the global epidemic of childhood obesity. Literature consistently provides evidence for physical health risks associated with childhood obesity; however in recent times, mental health of the obese children has also gained attention of the researchers as well as clinicians. Obese children experience number of psycho-social problems that significantly affect their quality of life and wellbeing. Co-morbid psychosocial and emotional problems of obesity generally act as causal or maintaining factors of obesity and thus significantly affect the treatment outcome. Therefore it becomes imperative for the clinicians/pediatricians to broaden their clinical assessment and include screening of important psycho-social factors within the clinical examination of childhood obesity. This article provides an evidence based comprehensive overview about the psychological factors and psychiatric factors (depression, anxiety, eating disorder, stress, body shape concerns, low self esteem) associated with childhood obesity that can further be utilized in the evaluation and management of this epidemic. The article also elaborates the role of current evidence based psychological approaches such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for management of obesity in children and adolescents. CBT techniques combined with lifestyle intervention and involving parents have been recommended by literature repetitively. However, there are a number of environmental, familial and personal barriers that hinder the whole process of weight loss in children. The article also discusses potential strategies to overcome those barriers.

Addressing weight loss recidivism: a clinical focus on metabolic rate and the psychological aspects of obesity.

Obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and has become an unprecedented public health burden. This paper returns to the evidence for metabolic rate set points and emphasizes the clinical importance of addressing changes in metabolic rate throughout the weight loss process. In addition to the importance of clinically attending to the modulation of metabolic rate, the psychological aspects of obesity are addressed as part of the need to holistically treat obesity.

Complex Obesity

‘Complex severe obesity’ in children and adolescents can be defined as a BMI >95th percentile for their age and gender in addition to at least one significant obesity-related co-morbidity requiring specialty care, other co-existing chronic illness impacted by obesity, or a BMI ≥99th percentile for their age and gender. These children are at high risk of acute and long-term medical and psychosocial morbidities. Optimal management strategies for this group of patients are not well studied, although general principals include emphasis on a comprehensive family-based lifestyle intervention, while addressing medical and psychological aspects of obesity, as well as motivation to change behaviours. Further treatment options, such as bariatric surgery, may be necessary, but require a skilled interdisciplinary team and careful selection of candidates most likely to benefit from these procedures. Keywords: Childhood obesity, complex obesity, family-based behavioral therapy, lifestyle intervention, interdisciplinary, weight management program, bariatric surgery

Taking action to lose weight: Toward an understanding of individual differences

The purpose of the present study was to understand differences in obese/overweight individuals who do and do not seek ongoing external assistance for weight loss. Help-seeking was examined as a dichotomous and as a continuous variable. Measures of body mass index, comorbid medical conditions, socioeconomic status, psychological distress, disordered eating behavior, body image, and obesity-related knowledge were administered to a community sample of 120 overweight women (age: 22–65 y, BMI: 25–63 kg/m 2). Fewer predictors of help-seeking were identified when measuring help-seeking as a dichotomy than when measuring it as a continuum. All predictors were from psychosocial domains, with obesity-related knowledge being the strongest, most consistent predictor. Help-seeking for weight control in a community sample of overweight and obese individuals appears to be motivated by psychological aspects of obesity, rather than obesity's physical or medical burden.

General and psychological aspects of obesity - abstracts 1–8

General and psychological aspects of obesity - abstracts 1–8

Psychological aspects of obesity and very-low-calorie diets

This paper selectively reviews available evidence concerning psychological characteristics associated with obesity, psychological changes accompanying very-low-calorie diets (VLCDs), and the influence of certain psychological factors on response to VLCD treatment. The obese population as a whole does not show an elevated incidence of psychopathology. Treatment-seeking obese do show more psychiatric disturbance, at a level comparable to other medical/surgical patients. There appear to be no global personality traits or profiles that are associated with obesity. However, obese people differ from non-obese groups on psychological and behavioral variables related to weight and eating and more frequently display perceptual and emotional body image anomalies. Binge eating appears rather common among obese groups. VLCDs have generally neutral to positive effects on hunger, depression, and anxiety. New data on body image suggest that VLCDs are associated with post-treatment underestimation of body size. Finally, recent data on possible psychological and behavioral correlates of VLCDs outcome are presented.

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Psychological Aspects of Obesity

Psychological Aspects of Obesity

The Treatment of Obesity

Ideas about the treatment of obesity arise naturally from the concepts that are held at any given time about its causes. In the days when obesity was thought to be primarily an endocrine disorder, treatment was oriented in that direction. More recently the psychological aspects of obesity have been emphasized so that now many people think of treatment of obesity almost exclusively in psychological terms. We have a feeling that the pendulum has swung too far in this direction and we would like to pull it back a bit towards the center of the arc. We would like to do this for two reasons: First, despite all the interest in the psychological factors in obesity there is no convincing evidence that obesity is due entirely to psychological problems. And second and perhaps even more important, because of a study of 25 unselected obese males that we made in the past year. This work was done at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania under the direction of Dr. Albert J. Stunkard as part of an intensive study of male obese patients. We have been studying obese men because we were struck by the relatively small amount of information on this group in the literature: Most patients who have been studied have been women and it was in an attempt to correct this imbalance that we undertook this study. The subjects of the study consisted of the first 25 consecutive referrals of obese men from the Medical and the Psychiatric Out-Patient Department of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The major prerequisite for inclusion in the study was that the patient be at least 30 per cent overweight as determined by standard height and weight tables. The study of each patient included a detailed psychiatric history, intensive psychological tests as well as social work interviews with members of the family and physiological studies. When you go to some efforts to get really unselected people, surprising things emerge.

Psychological aspects of obesity in adolescence.

Psychological Aspects of Obesity in Adolescence Hilde Bruch CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.48.10.1349 Published Online: August 29, 2011

Obesity in diabetes: a study of therapy with anorexigenic drugs.

Article1 January 1951OBESITY IN DIABETES: A STUDY OF THERAPY WITH ANOREXIGENIC DRUGSKERMIT E. OSSERMAN, M.D., HENRY DOLGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.KERMIT E. OSSERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY DOLGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-1-72 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the treatment of the obese diabetic, management of the obesity is secondary to insulin in the control of diabetes mellitus. Mirsky1considers the obese diabetic as being "decompensated" with a relative or absolute insulin insufficiency. With decreased caloric intake and consequent weight reduction, the patient may be restored to "compensation" and the insufficiency of insulin can equal the reduced metabolic demand. 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Psychological Aspects of Obesity†

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