Objective: To investigate the possibility of inducing a significant modification on body image attitudes and behavior in obesity and related pathologies using a virtual reality (VR) based psychological approach. Design: Clinical intervention study using 5 bi-weekly VR-based therapeutical sessions. Subjects: 57 female obese, BED and EDNOS patients seeking treatment at the Weight Reduction Unit o...

This study was conducted to compare body shape satisfaction, body image perception, weight control status, and dietary habits of Korean and Chinese female high school students in order to provide information for proper body image perception of adolescents. 221 students in Yongin, a city in Korea, and 227 students in Weihai, a city in China, were surveyed using questionnaires. Body shape satisfa...

INTRODUCTION An individual's social and marital function, interpersonal relationships, and quality of life may, sometimes be affected by negative body image. This study is aimed at determining the relationship between body image and sexual function in middle-aged women. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 437 middle-aged women, who were referred to various public healthcare centers in Ahva...

The verbal messages that contextualize exposure to idealized body imagery may moderate media users' body satisfaction. Such contextualizing verbal messages often take the form of social comparison motives in fashion magazines, while body dissatisfaction is an important mechanism underlying various body image-related health issues like depression and unbalanced weight status. Hence, the present ...

Although links between body image and dieting behaviors have been established among women, little research is available to elucidate relations between these constructs among men. In the present study, we examined relations between men’s and women’s body image and healthy and unhealthy dieting behaviors. Two hundred and eight participants’ (104 men, mean age = 25.88 years; 104 women, mean age = ...

Evidence suggests that individuals have become more tolerant of higher body weights over time. To investigate this issue further, the authors examined cross-sectional associations among ideal weight, examination year, and obesity as well as the association of ideal weight and body weight satisfaction with health practices among 15,221 men and 4,126 women in the United States. Participants in 19...

BACKGROUND As the U.S. population becomes increasingly overweight, a growing number of patients with body mass indexes greater than 30 are seeking mastectomy reconstruction. The authors' purpose was to prospectively evaluate the effect of body mass index on patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction. METHODS Women undergoing first-time breast reconstruction at one of 12 centers in the Un...