title: Decreased Emotional Perception in Obesity.
abstract: There is hardly any empirical evidence on emotion processing by controlled studies in obesity.
  
  
  
  Participants rated their emotions in response to visual emotional stimuli from the International Affective Picture System. Study 1 compared obese women with normal-weight controls and women with eating disorders. Study 2 compared obese men with normal-weight controls.
  
  
  
  Obese women had reduced emotional intensity scores for all basic emotions and the mixed emotion sadness-fear. Obese men had reduced scores for all emotions except happiness and disgust; anger showed a trend towards significance. The results were mainly based on ratings from non-depressed obese individuals.
  
  
  
  Obese men and women scored significantly lower on most basic and mixed emotions. Non-depressed obese subjects seem particularly affected. These new findings must be validated by further study, and longitudinal evaluation after weight loss, e.g. by bariatric surgery, will be of interest. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Katrin Elisabeth
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Giel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Almut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jux
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vuck
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Petra C Guess
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Gierthmuehlen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Edda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wetzler-Burmeister
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandholz
authors.affiliation: Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marjanovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005239:Fear; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: eating disorders; emotion processing; emotional perception; obesity; social cognition