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Abstract(s)
In human intimacy, affective-sexuality (Ambler,
2012) is variable which promotes physical and emotional well-being
in intimate relationships, in general (Brigitta, 2004), and in obese,
in particular. Apart from obesity as a risk factor for chronic diseases
there is clear correlation between obesity and negative emotional
states and vice versa (Kadioglu, 2009; Larsen, 2007). Some studies
present a correlation between these two variables, showing body
image and self-perceptionas two variables in sexual experience,
particularly in female (Alba, 2013, Arcelus, 2012).
This study aims at assessing the connection between
affective-sexual relationships and eating disorders in overweight
context from a sample of articles on this topic.
according to the methodology PICO, it was conducted a
research on electronic databases Pubmed and B-On, between June
9thand July 9th, 2014, with retrospection studies until January
2004. Keywords such as Sexuality, Obesity and Intimate Relationship
were used as research strategies, in order to extract abstract and
select studies. 74 studies were found and 10 were selected for final
analysis. Studies present some controversies about those variables
statistical relationships. Only 7 in 10 studies - samples from Italy,
New Zeeland, Portugal, Canada and Iron- provide evidence of
statistically significant associations between sexuality and obesity
and 3 studies in 10 studies - with samples from Turkey and Romanyrefute
previous data.
It was found a reduced number of studies about the
connection between sexuality and obesity. However, their results
allow us to affirm that overweight and high body mass index (BMI)
show adverse effects on sexuality in obese patients.
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Keywords
Obesity Affective-sexual relationships Sexuality Dietary behavior
Citation
Veiga-Branco, Augusta; Pereira, Filomena (2014). Affective-sexual relationships and eating disorders in obesity context - a systematic review. Atención Primaria. ISSN 0212-6567. 46 (Espec Cong 1), p. 38-38