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Introduction: The adverse effects of obesity are well documented; however,
a growing topic is that relationship with sexuality. Studies show that
obesity is associated with a decrease in sexual desire and involvement,
avoidance of sexual encounters difficulties in sexual performance, reduced
number of sexual partners, and the females to report poor quality
of sexual life.
Methods: With the objective to find relationships between the level of
Body Mass Index (BMI) and sexual experiences, we proceeded to a quantitative
descriptive methodology through the BMI calculation to a sample
of 306 users of Obesity Therapy (30.7% gender male and 69.3% female)
aged 18 and 65 years.
Results: The results are Grade I obesity in most (96 to 31.4%) and pre-obesity
in 23.5% (72) of respondents, but obesity and pre-obesity, particularly
Obesity Grade I (63- 65.6% of individuais) is more prevalent in marital
status ' 'Married''. Respondents with higher BMI have lower qualifications.
Regarding the number of sexual partners, it appears that the higher
the BMI, the lower the number of sexual partners that the sample states:
63 of respondents Obesity Grade I self reports a sexual partner, and the
normal weight respondents, this number varies between 1 and 20, while
the class III obesity varies from l to 4 partners. Individuas with normal
weight and pre-obesity present frequency of sexual relations / week
between 2/3 times / week, while individuals with Obesity Grade II and
Grade III have this frequency 1/2 times/week.
BMI assumes influence of variable outlines the quality of
affective and sexual experiences. It is considered urgent and relevant to
invest in Sexual Education and Nutrition at the level of these populations.
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Keywords
Body Mass Index Sexual Experience Obesity Sexuality Nutrition
Citation
Pereira, Filomena; Pereira, Ana Maria Geraldes Rodrigues; Veiga-Branco, Augusta (2017). Experientes In affective-sexual obesity contexts. In 24th European Congress on Obesity. Porto
Publisher
Hans Hauner, MD