Body Image

In a Healio video exclusive, Jennie David, PhD, an IBD pediatric psychologist, discusses “complex relationships” young patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have with their bodies, food and weight and how care providers can help.

CHICAGO — Women with polycystic ovary syndrome may have more concerns about their body image compared with those without PCOS, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis presented at ENDO 2023.

Adults diagnosed with diabetes at age 60 years or younger were at a heightened risk for developing dementia, according to an analysis of Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study data.

Adolescents with obesity whose inability to control their hunger is a barrier to weight loss have a more negative perception about their body than adolescents who say inability to control hunger is not a barrier, according to a speaker.

Similar to younger women, midlife women’s dissatisfaction with their body was linked to eating disorder pathology, according to the findings of a small study published in Menopause.

Images posted to Instagram with the hashtag #postpartumbody tend to idealize the aftermath of childbirth on a woman’s body, according to a study published in Healthcare.

Health care professionals must be advocates for reducing weight stigma by helping to develop policies and to eliminate weight discrimination in their clinics, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek 2021.

Body image concerns and internalized weight bias play a large role in the psychosocial thought process of people undergoing bariatric surgery, and perceptions can lead to different surgical outcomes, according to study findings.

For the most part, cosmetic surgeons treat patients with reasonable goals who want to look better, refreshed or rejuvenated.

Individuals with an eating disorder are nearly four times more likely to experience exercise addiction than those without one, according to results of a comparative meta-analysis published in Eating and Weight Disorders.