title: Sexual functioning in obese adults enrolling in a weight loss study.
abstract: The authors assessed sexual functioning among treatment-seeking obese men (n = 91) and women (n = 134) using the comprehensive validated Sexual Functioning Questionnaire. Scores were lower for women than for men, indicating reduced sexual functioning. Men's scores fell between those of a group of cancer survivors and a general population group, whereas women generally had lower scores than both of these groups. Increasing body mass index was associated with decreasing sexual functioning only for arousal and behavior. Sexual functioning was also reduced on most subscales for individuals who reported sexual inactivity in the past month.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. truls.ostbye@duke.edu
authors.forename: Truls
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ostbye
authors.forename: Ronette L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kolotkin
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Overcash
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brouwer
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binks
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Syrjala
authors.forename: Kishore M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gadde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult