PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF OBESITY AND OBESITY SURGERY

The CES-D Scale

1977 • 50,186 citations

The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection.

1992 • 33,264 citations

The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

1992 • 26,794 citations

Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia

1983 • 4,436 citations

Socioeconomic status and obesity: A review of the literature.

1989 • 2,268 citations

The development and validation of the body shape questionnaire

1987 • 2,088 citations

Body Weight and Mortality among Women

1995 • 2,018 citations

The assessment of binge eating severity among obese persons

1982 • 1,962 citations

Binge eating: nature, assessment, and treatment

1994 • 1,956 citations

Social and Economic Consequences of Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

1993 • 1,653 citations

Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry

2000 • 1,469 citations

Dieting and binging: A causal analysis.

1985 • 1,281 citations

Dieting and binging: A causal analysis.

1985 • 1,089 citations

Relationships between obesity and DSM-IV major depressive disorder, suicide ideation, and suicide attempts: results from a general population study

2000 • 1,003 citations

Binge eating—Nature, assessment, and treatment

1994 • 909 citations

Binge eating disorder: Its further validation in a multisite study

1993 • 755 citations

Effects of Lifestyle Activity vs Structured Aerobic Exercise in Obese Women<SUBTITLE>A Randomized Trial</SUBTITLE>

1999 • 630 citations

A Randomized Prospective Trial of Gastric Bypass Versus Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity and their Effects on Sweets Versus Non-Sweets Eaters

1987 • 548 citations

Swedish obese subjects (SOS) – an intervention study of obesity. Two-year follow-up of health-related quality of life (HRQL) and eating behavior after gastric surgery for severe obesity

1998 • 523 citations

Obesity and Physical and Emotional Well‐Being: Associations between Body Mass Index, Chronic Illness, and the Physical and Mental Components of the SF‐36 Questionnaire

2000 • 511 citations

A study of social stereotype of body image in children.

1967 • 482 citations

What is a reasonable weight loss? Patients' expectations and evaluations of obesity treatment outcomes.

1997 • 469 citations

Long-term Medical Consequences of Incest, Rape, and Molestation

1991 • 461 citations

Nonsurgical Factors That Influence the Outcome of Bariatric Surgery

1998 • 445 citations

What is a reasonable weight loss? Patients' expectations and evaluations of obesity treatment outcomes.

1997 • 436 citations

Binge Eating Disorder: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

1993 • 419 citations

Personality at Midlife: Stability, Intrinsic Maturation, and Response to Life Events

2000 • 389 citations

WEIGHT‐BASED DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS

1999 • 379 citations

The Economic Reality of the Beauty Myth

1996 • 375 citations

Swedish obese subjects (SOS)--an intervention study of obesity. Baseline evaluation of health and psychosocial functioning in the first 1743 subjects examined.

1993 • 373 citations

Beck Depression Inventory

2021 • 365 citations

Obese binge eaters: Affect, cognitions, and response to behavioral weight control.

1988 • 363 citations

Obese binge eaters: Affect, cognitions, and response to behavioral weight control.

1988 • 331 citations

Obese people who seek treatment have different characteristics than those who do not seek treatment.

1993 • 290 citations

Prevalence of mental disorder in 88 morbidly obese bariatric clinic patients

1992 • 289 citations

Obesity — Its Possible Effect on College Acceptance

1966 • 274 citations

Health-related quality of life in obese persons seeking treatment.

1996 • 268 citations

Impairment of Health and Quality of Life Using New US Federal Guidelines for the Identification of Obesity

1999 • 264 citations

Body weight and psychological distress in NHANES I.

1992 • 256 citations

Eating related and general psychopathology in obese females with binge eating disorder

1994 • 255 citations

Obesity, binge eating and psychopathology: Are they related?

1994 • 248 citations

Eating pathology before and after bariatric surgery: A prospective study

1999 • 246 citations

Overweight as Social Deviance and Disability

1968 • 242 citations

Teasing, body image, and self-esteem in a clinical sample of obese women

1994 • 237 citations

Obese people who seek treatment have different characteristics than those who do not seek treatment.

1993 • 226 citations

The development of the Ben-Tovim Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BAQ), a new measure of women's attitudes towards their own bodies

1991 • 222 citations

Perceived stigmatization among overweight African-American and caucasian adolescent girls

1998 • 221 citations

Binge-eating disorder and the night-eating syndrome

1995 • 218 citations

Eating disturbances before and after vertical banded gastroplasty: A pilot study

1996 • 213 citations

Assessment of body image dissatisfaction in obese women: Specificity, severity, and clinical significance.

1998 • 211 citations

Obesity and the Body Image: I. Characteristics of Disturbances in the Body Image of Some Obese Persons

1967 • 209 citations

Morbidly Obese Patientsʼ Perceptions of Social Discrimination Before and After Surgery for Obesity

1990 • 206 citations

Obese Patients' Perceptions of Treatment Outcomes and the Factors That Influence Them

2001 • 186 citations

Eating disturbances and outcome of gastric bypass surgery: A pilot study

1997 • 183 citations

Overweight as a social disability with medical implications

1969 • 178 citations

A health status assessment of the impact of weight loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for clinically severe obesity

1999 • 169 citations

Outcome of Gastric Restriction Procedures: Weight, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Satisfaction

1997 • 168 citations

Assessment of body image dissatisfaction in obese women: Specificity, severity, and clinical significance.

1998 • 166 citations

"Specific" scale compared with "generic" scale: a double measurement of the quality of life in a French community sample of obese subjects

1998 • 164 citations

Body image in obese women before, during, and after weight loss treatment.

1997 • 157 citations

Perceived and Actual Discrimination in the Salaries of Male and Female Managers¹

1990 • 156 citations

Treatment of the seriously obese patient

1992 • 155 citations

Overweight women delay medical care

1994 • 155 citations

Long-term studies of mental health after the greenville gastric bypass operation for morbid obesity

1991 • 152 citations

Body image in obese women before, during, and after weight loss treatment.

1997 • 146 citations

Psychosocial Effects of Intestinal Bypass Surgery for Severe Obesity

1974 • 146 citations

Binge eating in bariatric surgery patients

1998 • 145 citations

Quality of life assessment of morbidly obese patients: effect of weight-reducing surgery

1998 • 135 citations

Binge Eating, Body Image, Depression, and Self‐Efficacy in an Obese Clinical Population

1999 • 131 citations

Binge eating in massively obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery

1995 • 130 citations

Cultural and Psychosocial Determinants of Weight Concerns

1993 • 129 citations

Sick leave and disability pension before and after treatment for obesity: A report from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study

1999 • 129 citations

Etiology of binge eating: A developmental perspective.

1993 • 126 citations

Treatment of the Seriously Obese Patient

1993 • 123 citations

Psychiatric diagnosis of morbidly obese gastric bypass patients

1980 • 117 citations

Clinical correlates of short- and long-term weight loss

1992 • 104 citations

Effects of bariatric surgery on binge eating and related psychopathology

1999 • 97 citations

Body image in obese patients before and after stable weight reduction following bariatric surgery

1999 • 95 citations

Current and vestigial effects of overweight among women: Fear of fat, attitudinal body image, and eating behaviors

1990 • 93 citations

Surgery for Obesity and Marriage Quality

1982 • 81 citations

Metabolic, anthropometric, and psychological characteristics of obese binge eaters

1993 • 78 citations

Psychosocial risk factors in gastric surgery for obesity: identifying guidelines for screening.

1987 • 78 citations

Relationships between obesity and associated health factors with unemployment among low income women.

1976 • 64 citations

Psychosocial consequences of weight reduction: how much weight loss is enough?

1996 • 56 citations

A Preliminary Study of the Relationship between Preoperative Depression and Weight Loss following Surgery for Morbid Obesity

1986 • 49 citations

Behavioral assessment and treatment of markedly obese patients.

1992 • 46 citations

Surgical intervention for the severely obese

1999 • 45 citations

Functional Status and Emotional well-being, Dietary Intake, and Physical Activity of Severely Obese Subjects

2000 • 45 citations

Overweight/obese patients: an overview.

1982 • 34 citations

Osteopathic family physicians' attitudes, knowledge, and self-reported practices regarding obesity

1999 • 25 citations

Two eating disorders: binge eating disorder and the night eating syndrome

2000 • 25 citations

THE INCIDENCE OF OBESITY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

1969 • 24 citations

Surgery for obesity and marriage quality

1982 • 7 citations

A psychodynamic hypothesis on the Night Eating Syndrome

1999 • 7 citations