title: Eating disorder inventory in the assessment of psychosocial status in the obese patients prior to and at long-term following biliopancreatic diversion for obesity.
abstract: Psychological traits of obese patients, assessed with the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), were compared to those of subjects in the long-term following biliopancreatic diversion for obesity (BPD), when body weight has been steadily normal for over 1 year and any preoccupation with dieting and weight has been completely abandoned. The overall results suggest that the stable body weight normalization on a completely free diet does confer considerable psychological benefit on obese individuals. On the basis of the EDI results, post-BPD subjects were divided into weight-preoccupied and not-weight-preoccupied individuals. In the not-weight-preoccupied subjects, the psychosocial status and emotional rectivity were closely similar to those observed in lean control persons, whereas the few weight-preoccupied subjects, in spite of completely normal body weight, showed residual body dissatisfaction and personality traits very similar to those of eating-disordered patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Adami
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gandolfo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campostano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cocchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scopinaro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D012917:Social Adjustment