Impact of Adolescent Gender Dysphoria on Treatment Uptake in an Obesity Management Program.
A 13-year-old biological female patient presented with gender dysphoria while receiving treatment for obesity. Body distress and a desired masculine phenotype motivated his engagement with various therapies. We describe body image concerns in an obese adolescent with gender dysphoria to highlight the importance of assessing gender in adolescents.
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: megan.cooney@sickkids.ca.
Megan
M
Cooney
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Miriam
M
Kaufman
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Pediatric Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Catherine
C
Birken
Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Elizabeth
E
Dettmer
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Alene
A
Toulany
D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D000068116:Gender Dysphoria / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*
body image; gender dysphoria; gender identity; obesity