title: Binge eating and self-esteem predict body image dissatisfaction among obese men and women seeking bariatric surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined body image dissatisfaction (BID) in extremely obese men and women seeking bariatric surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The following predictors of BID were examined in a consecutive series of 260 (44 men and 216 women) gastric bypass candidates: gender, ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), age at onset of overweight, childhood maltreatment, binge eating, depression, and self-esteem.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women reported significantly higher levels of BID than men. Stepwise multiple regression analyses revealed that gender, binge eating, and self-esteem levels accounted for 41% of the variance in BID. In predicting BID levels separately by gender, binge eating and self-esteem accounted for 56% of the variance among men and for 33% of the variance among women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among bariatric surgery candidates, women reported significantly higher BID than men. Our findings suggest the importance of binge eating and lower self-esteem for understanding BID in both men and women who are extremely obese.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yale Psychiatric Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. Carlos.grilo@yale.edu
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grilo
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Masheb
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: Carolyn H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Burke-Martindale
authors.forename: Bruce S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Rothschild
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D012306:Risk; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States