Abstract

CASTRO, M.R.; FERREIRA, V.N.; CHINELATO, R.C.  and  FERREIRA, M.E.. Body image in women undergone bariatric surgery: Sociocultural interactions. Motri. [online]. 2013, vol.9, n.3, pp.82-95. ISSN 1646-107X.  https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.9(3).899.

Listed as a global epidemic obesity is being treated through bariatric surgery, that is a more invasive method, however, considered the most efficient. Thus, this study aimed to investigate socio-cultural aspects and their impact on body image of women who underwent bariatric surgery in pre and post-surgery periods. We interviewed 20 women who underwent gastroplasty for at least one year in the Service Control Hypertension Diabetes and Obesity (SCHDO). Data were analyzed from a qualitative perspective and submitted to Content Analysis. The interaction between body image and socio-cultural context were configured in the follow categories: discrimination, perception of other’s gaze before and after surgery, and own body´s perception before and after surgery. It was found that body image was drawn from the environment that the research group had lived. The external environment has provided to the subjects some feelings such as body inadequacy, sadness, social exclusion and inferiority, resulting in a negative self-concept. These feelings were minimized after bariatric surgery, providing to the group a positive self-concept, due to a greater social inclusion.

Keywords : obesity; body; health; women.

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