[Effects of bariatric surgery on mental and social well-being].
Morbid obesity is associated with severely invalidizing symptoms and a strong stigma, which restrict the management of daily life. The handicaps of morbid obesity are so severe that patients are ready to accept even inconvenient adverse effects or high risks from the treatment. Seeking antiobesity surgery is mainly done for health reasons, but is perceived to have a broad effect on functional capacity, self-image as well as on mental and social well-being. By the help of anti-obesity surgery, many patients not only gain control over eating, but also over other fields of life.
Saarni
Suoma E
SE
Helsingin Yliopisto, kansanterveystieteen laitos, PL 41, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto.
Anttila
Heidi
H
Saarni
Samuli I
SI
Ikonen
Tuija S
TS
Malmivaara
Antti
A
D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D001828:Body Image; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*