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The literature reports that Body Mass Index (BMI) changes are directly
related to sexual interest. Individuals with overweight and obesity selfreport
fewer sexual partners and are less likely to have a romantic relationship
compared to their non-obese counterparts.
The objectives of this work are to know the level of perceived sexual
achievement, in overweight people with the Binge Eating Scale
(BES) and to study the association between age and the perception
of quality of sex in people with overweight are the objectives of
this work.
An exploratory and quantitative study was developed, based on a
sample of 218 patients of both genders, aged between 18 and
65 years. Data was collected in various hospitals of northern and central
Portugal with the Sexual Satisfaction Index (SSI) being used for
this purpose.
Of all participants, 64.5 % expressed overweight. On a scale of 0 to
100, the SSI was, on average, 26.7 (SD = 14.6). On average, Individuals
with severe poor scores on the BES registered the highest level of
sexual dissatisfaction. There were, statistically, significant differences
in the SSI, among individuals with and without overweight. Dissatisfaction
is greater the more advanced the age of participants. Contrary
to what is reported in the literature, there was no difference
between individuals with and without overweight according to the
number of sexual partners.
The results obtained with this research are consistent with the literature,
except for those concerning the number of sexual partners.
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Keywords
Perception Sexual achievement Overweight Portugal
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Veiga-Branco, Augusta; Pereira, Filomena; Pereira, Ana Maria Geraldes Rodrigues (2017). Subjective perception of sexual achievement - an exploratory study on people with overweight. In 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress. Leiria