Authors
Maria Letizia Petroni, Nicola Villanova, Sebastiano Avagnina, Maria Antonia Fusco, Giuseppe Fatati, Angelo Compare, Giulio Marchesini, QUOVADIS Study Group
Publication date
2007/3
Journal
Obesity Surgery
Volume
17
Pages
391-399
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Description
Background
Very few data are available on psychological distress in morbidly obese subjects in relation to the history of their weight. In subjects with childhood obesity, psychological distress might be better than in adult-onset obesity, because of progressive adaptation to the social stigma.
Methods
Psychological distress was tested in relation to BMI at age 20 years (BMI-20), weight history and somatic co-morbidities in 632 treatment-seeking, morbidly obese participants from the QUOVADIS cohort (130 men, 502 women; mean age 45.5 years). The number of dieting attempts/year, BMI increase and cumulative BMI loss since age 20 were calculated as weight cycling parameters.The Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90), the Psychological General Well-Being (PGWB), the Binge-Eating Scale, and the ORWELL-97 questionnaire were used to score psychometry and …
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