Body Image as a Potential Motivator for Bariatric Surgery: a Case-Control Study.
Dennis J S MakarawungV M MonpellierF van den BrinkL WoertmanH ZijlstraA B Mink van der MolenB van RamshorstR GeenenPublished in: Obesity surgery (2021)
People with morbid obesity have on average less body image satisfaction. The results indicate that part of the motivation of people that choose bariatric surgery may be due to relatively low global appearance evaluation combined with considering appearance more important. Knowledge about motivations can be used to communicate realistic expectations regarding treatment outcome.