Impact of body mass index on the psychopathological profile of obese women Impacto do índice de massa corporal no perfil psicopatológico de mulheres obesas

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a complex condition associated with a host of medical disorders. One common assumption is that obesity is also related to psychological and emotional complications. However, some studies have shown that obesity itself does not appear to be systematically associated with psychop...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Papelbaum, Rodrigo Oliveira Moreira, Caroline Wust do Nascimento Gaya, Carolina Preissler, Walmir Ferreira Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2010-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462010000100009