ArticleObesity surgery2018
Causal Attributions for Obesity Among Patients Seeking Surgical Versus Behavioral/Pharmacological Weight Loss Treatment.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02388568 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lifestyle Modification and Lorcaserin for Weight Loss Maintenance), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lifestyle Modification and Lorcaserin for Weight Loss Maintenance
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Analysis of morbid obese diabetic and non-diabetic patients: clinical and social characteristics, habits and workup to undergo bariatric surgery in Lombardy, Italy.Acta diabetologica · 2026Article
- Examination of Gender Differences: Causal Attributions of Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Overweight and Obesity.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Article
- Advice of General Practitioner, of Surgeon, of Endocrinologist, and Self-determination: the Italian Road to Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Associations between causal attributions for obesity and long-term weight loss.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
Obesity is frequently attributed to causes such as laziness and lack of willpower and personal responsibility. The current study identified causal attributions for obesity among patients seeking bariatric surgery and compared them to those among patients seeking less invasive weight loss treatment (behavioral/pharmacological). The 16-item Causal Attributions for Obesity scale (CAO; rated 1-7) was administered to 102 patients seeking bariatric surgery (sample 1) and 178 patients seeking behavioral/pharmacological weight loss treatment (sample 2). Between-subjects analyses compared CAO ratings for the two samples. Results showed that behavioral factors were the highest-rated attributions in both samples. Sample 1 had higher ratings of biological and environmental factors than did sample 2. Overall, patients seeking bariatric surgery had a more complex conceptualization of obesity than did patients seeking behavioral/pharmacological treatment.
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