The Role of Body Appreciation in the Decision to Complete Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Among Ethnically Diverse Patients.

Olivia KaperaLuyu XieElisa M MarroquínSophia NgengeM Sunil MathewJaime P AlmandozJeffrey SchellingerSachin S KukrejaBenjamin SchneiderCarrie McAdamsSarah E Messiah

Published in: Obesity surgery (2023)

Results showed a significant association between body appreciation and MBS completion, controlling for sex, age, and race/ethnicity. MBS clinical settings may want to assess body appreciation as a pre-operative screener among ethnically diverse patients.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
weight loss
patient reported
decision making