Relationship between Body Image and Psychological Well-being in Patients with Morbid Obesity.
Negar Yazdani, Sayed Vahid Hosseini, Masood Amini and 3 others
PMID 29607346WHAT IT FOUND
Higher body image satisfaction went with higher psychological well-being in 124 adults with morbid obesity.
This is a link, not a treatment effect, so clinicians may ask about body image concerns when supporting psychological well-being.
Key findings
01Body image satisfaction and psychological well-being had a significant positive relationship (r=0.43, P<0.001).
02Body image scores did not differ significantly across BMI categories, and psychological well-being scores did not differ significantly across BMI categories (P>0.05).
03Body image was significantly related to most psychological well-being subscales (P<0.05), but not to autonomy or purpose in life.
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What it does not show
The study was done in one city and one clinic, so it may not apply to other places or to people with other levels of obesity. The analysed sample was 124 and was mostly female, with only 13 men, so findings may not reflect men with morbid obesity. The design measured body image and well-being at one time, so it cannot show that poor body image causes low well-being or that changing body image would improve well-being. The study had approval but no ethical code was reported.
Declared interests
The paper reports study approval from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences but does not report funding sources or conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving body image will improve psychological well-being. This measured a link at one time in 124 patients, so it does not show cause and did not test an intervention.