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Ghost Fat: Altered Female Body Perception After Bariatric Surgery.
- Source :
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Perceptual & Motor Skills . Feb2023, Vol. 130 Issue 1, p301-316. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Body perception is an individual's ability to recognize their body in attitudinal and/or dimensional aspects. We investigated women's body perceptions before and after bariatric surgery. Participants were 31 women (M age = 36.23, SD = 7.95 years old) with an average pre-operative body mass index of 44.58 (SD = 4.65) kg/m2. We collected anthropometric and body perception measures (attitudinal body image [ABI] and dimensional body image [DBI]) before bariatric surgery and 30, 60, 90, and 120 days after it. There was an average decrease of 21.09% in participants' body weight over the 120 days. Regarding ABI, 51.61% of participants had high body dissatisfaction before surgery, and this proportion of dissatisfied participants decreased to 3.23% 120 days after surgery. We observed no statistically significant differences in DBI perceptions. Fast weight loss caused by bariatric surgery appeared to generate a perception of ghost fat. Somatosensory interventions and/or a longer follow-up are needed to alter this persistent distortion of body dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00315125
- Volume :
- 130
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Perceptual & Motor Skills
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162418145
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125221133868