Ghost fat : altered female body perception after bariatric surgery.
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2023
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Body perception is an individual’s ability to recognize their body in attitudinal and/or
dimensional aspects. We investigated women’s body perceptions before and after
bariatric surgery. Participants were 31 women (M age = 36.23, SD = 7.95 years old)
with an average pre-operative body mass index of 44.58 (SD = 4.65) kg/m2
. We
collected anthropometric and body perception measures (attitudinal body image [ABI]
and dimensional body image [DBI]) before bariatric surgery and 30, 60, 90, and
120 days after it. There was an average decrease of 21.09% in participants’ body weight
over the 120 days. Regarding ABI, 51.61% of participants had high body dissatisfaction
before surgery, and this proportion of dissatisfied participants decreased to 3.23%
120 days after surgery. We observed no statistically significant differences in DBI
perceptions. Fast weight loss caused by bariatric surgery appeared to generate a perception of ghost fat. Somatosensory interventions and/or a longer follow-up are
needed to alter this persistent distortion of body dimensions.
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Attitudinal body image, Body weight, Dimensional body image, Gastroplasty, Obesity
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SOUZA, A. L. L. et al. Ghost fat: altered female body perception after bariatric surgery. Perceptual and Motor Skills, v. 130, n. 1, p. 301–316, 2023. Disponível em: <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00315125221133868>. Acesso em: 06 jul. 2023.