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dc.creatorSarwer, David
dc.creatorPolonsky, Heather M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T19:14:11Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T19:14:11Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-10
dc.identifier.citationSarwer, D. B., & Polonsky, H. M. (2016). The Psychosocial Burden of Obesity. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 45(3), 677–688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2016.04.016
dc.identifier.issn0889-8529
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/76
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/89
dc.description.abstractThis article provides an overview of the psychological aspects of obesity. The disease of obesity is associated with a significant psychosocial burden. Many individuals who have obesity also struggle with issues related to their mood, self-esteem, quality of life, and body image. This emotional distress likely plays a role in treatment seeking but also can impact successful treatment. For these reasons, most multidisciplinary obesity treatment teams include mental health professionals who can assess and treat these issues in patients as needed. Encouragingly, weight loss is typically associated with improvements in psychosocial status and functioning. These positive changes are often most profound among those who have lost large percentages of their weight, as is often seen with bariatric surgery. Unfortunately, some individuals who lose weight experience a return of pre-existing psychopathology or the development of new psychosocial issues. Those who experience weight regain, regardless of the approach to weight loss, also remain at risk for the return of unwanted psychological symptoms. The unfortunate, ubiquitous nature of weight regain reminds all treatment providers of the need to assess psychosocial functioning at the onset of treatment, monitor changes during weight loss, and remain alert for worsening of symptoms with weight regain.
dc.format.extent13 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty/ Researcher Works
dc.relation.haspartEndocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Vol 45, Issue 3
dc.relation.isreferencedbyElsevier
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectBariatric surgery
dc.subjectPsychosocial functioning
dc.subjectWeight loss
dc.titleThe Psychosocial Burden of Obesity
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dc.type.genrePost-print
dc.contributor.groupCenter for Obesity Research and Education (Temple University)
dc.description.departmentSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2016.04.016
dc.ada.noteFor Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation, including help with reading this content, please contact scholarshare@temple.edu
dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. College of Public Health
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-1033-5528
dc.temple.creatorSarwer, David B.
dc.temple.creatorPolonsky, Heather M.
refterms.dateFOA2020-04-22T19:14:11Z


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