Obesity
Research from A. Docteur and co-authors yields new data on obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 19th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Body perception and satisfaction in obese, severely obese, and normal weight female patients,' have been published. "The objective of this study was to investigate body perception and the associated level of dissatisfaction among obese patients. Twenty patients from each category of obese, severely obese, and normal weight individuals had their pictures enlarged or thinned using a computer program to manipulate photographs taken from the front, profile angle, and back," scientists in Saint Denis, France report.
"The pictures were shown to patients to represent both the way they thought they appeared and the way they would like to...
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