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Title
Quality of life among obese patients seeking weight loss surgery: the importance of obesity-related social stigma and functional status.
Authors
Wee, Christina C; Davis, Roger B; Huskey, Karen W; Jones, Daniel B; Hamel, Mary B
Abstract
Obesity is a stigmatizing condition associated with adverse psychosocial consequences. The relative importance of weight stigma in reducing health utility or the value a person places on their current health state is unknown.
Publication
Journal of general internal medicine, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 2, p231