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Psychological characteristics in an obese population assessed using psychometri...
Correia, Flora; Poínhos, Rui; Pinhao, S; Bruno M P M Oliveira; Coelho, R; Vaz De Almeida, MDV; Medina, JL; Galvao Teles, ABackground and aims: For several decades, psychological characteristics associated to obesity have been discussed, and it is important to know them as they could influence the development of the disease. Aim of this study was to describe psychological characteristics of an obese sample using psychometric self-evaluation, to compare psychological characteristics between sexes, between those who had and those who...
Obstacles in dietary treatment of obesity
Correia, F; Pinhao, S; Poínhos, Rui; Bruno M P M Oliveira; Vaz de Almeida, MDV; Medina, JL; Galvao Teles, AThose who work in obesity treatment know that long term success is hard to achieve. The reasons for non compliance in diet therapies are not well understood. In this study, we tried to recognize difficulties and barriers linked to unsuccessful weight reduction. This study was conducted in an outpatient clinic of a central university hospital. 442 overweight patients (371 women and 71 men), with BMI >= 25 kg/m(2...