Body Image, Disordered Eating & Obesity

Obesity is a medical disease characterized by a chronic metabolic dysregulation of energy in which there is a higher than normal weight set-point that is defended by a host of metabolic adaptations. Obesity is a worldwide problem that causes not only medical consequences but also may cause disturbances in psychosocial functioning. This may be due to weight bias and stigmatization in part or whole.

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