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Influenza del peso e della morfologia somatica sull'immagine corporea del paziente obeso
[Eating behavior and energy expenditure].
The relationships between the resting energy expenditure (REE), measured by
indirect calorimetry, and eating behavior, assessed by the "Three Factor Eating
Questionnaire" were evaluated. The study was carried out in a group of healthy
never-obese subjects and in two groups of formerly obese people, who have
maintained a normal weight for more than two years. The subjects of the first
formerly obese group had brought their body weight to normal by dieting. The
second one comprised subjects following biliopancreatic diversion for obesity
(BPD) in the long term, who maintain a normal weight because of the intestinal
malabsorption due to the operation regardless of food consumption. In comparison
with the other subjects, significantly higher cognitive restraint score values
were observed in the post-diet subjects. Furthermore, a negative significant
correlation between cognitive restraint and REE was found in the non operated
subjects, while such correlation was not present in the BPD subjects. Therefore,
in normal people cognitive restraint has to be considered to be related to
behavioral-cognitive factors rather than biologically driven by energy
requirements
Serum leptin and weight loss in severely obese patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion.
Weight fluctuation due to reducing diet, resting energy expenditure and body composition in obese patients
Alexithymia and body weight in obese patients.
The authors evaluated severely obese patients to determine whether being far
different in body shape from the accepted standard may cause obese people to
develop alexithymic personality traits. They evaluated the food- and
weight-related attitudes in obesity surgery patients and in long-term follow-up
of those who had previously had biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for obesity. One
quarter of the obese patients had alexithymic characteristics without any
modification following stable weight loss, a rate of alexithymia similar to that
observed in the nonclinical population. Furthermore, the frequency of alexithymia
and the patients' scores on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale were similar in obese
and post-BPD individuals. The authors concluded that being obese by itself does
not influence the presence of alexithymic personality traits. However, they
suggest that the improvement in food-related and weight-related attitudes
following stable weight loss may be different in alexithymic and in
nonalexithymic obese patients