title: "Then I Can Become Very Ill": Women's Experiences of Living With Irreversible Changes in Their Viscera.
abstract: Over the past 5 years, interest in weight-loss surgery has increased in tandem with the growing obesity epidemic in both Western and developing countries. In particular, scholars have documented the health promoting aspects of weight-loss surgery. Nevertheless, few researchers have explored the side effects, most prominently "dumping," that frequently accompany weight-loss surgery. Building on the one previous qualitative study of dumping, I focused my research for this article on the challenges associated with limiting food intake. Based on interviews with 22 Norwegian women, all of whom had undergone the gastric-bypass procedure, I concluded that the women who had a history of struggling with overeating found adjusting their food intake after the surgery particularly challenging. Appropriate personalized support for individuals struggling to establish new eating habits after the surgery requires a thorough understanding of the challenges associated with adjusting food intake. In this context, the findings of this article should be of interest to an international audience.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Oslo and Akershus University College; and Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Karen Synne
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Groven
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004435:Eating; D005239:Fear; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009664:Norway; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological