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Abstract(s)
Literature has been pointing towards obesity as the moderating variable
of a depressive vicious cycle of self-esteem and self-image, with
sócia] isolation, anxiety and depression. This in turn drives people to
channel sexual pleasure into the pleasure of food, thus aggravating
their condition of obesity even more and consequently causing a
major negative impact on the individual's sexual life. Ojective: To assess
the importance given to sexuality in obese and overweight individuals
as well as assessing the existence of a correlation between
these variables.
Methods
A quantitative exploratory study was conducted on 218 patients of
both genders (68.3 % female and 31.7 % male) aged between 18
and 65. Data collection was carried out in several hospitais in the
centre and north of the country. The data was collected by using the
Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS).
Results
Among participants, 82.2 % were obese or overweight. Among the
obese, 38.1 % registered a type l obesity; 16.4 % had type II obesity
(severe); and 8.7 % had type III obesity (morbid). The obese revealed
to be the ones who gave the most importance to sexuality, despite
also being the ones who present the highest sexual dissatisfaction.
Finally, the results show that there is a positive correlation, though
weak, between sexual dissatisfaction and BMI.
Conclusions
Obese individuais are the ones who revealed the highest sexual dissatisfaction.
Therefore, the cause of such dissatisfaction must be
sought and valued as an issue related to obesity.
Description
Keywords
Sexuality Obese Body mass index
Citation
Pereira, Ana Maria Geraldes Rodrigues; Veiga-Branco, Augusta; Pereira, Filomena; Ribeiro, Maria Isabel (2016). BMI and the perception of the importance given to sexuality in obese and overweight people. In The 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress. Leiria. p. 111-111
Publisher
Unidade de Investigação em Saúde (UIS) da Escola Superior de Saúde do IPLeiria