Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life
Introduction and objective. This article aims to discuss the issue of excessive body weight based on available literature. It highlights the physical and psychosocial consequences of obesity and addresses the topic of weight reduction. Review methods. Bibliographic material was retrieved from...
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
2025-01-01
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| author | Alicja Skoczylas Paweł Siudziński Mateusz Łyko Wiktoria Tomaszewska Katarzyna Pala Wiktoria Podlasiewicz Maria Golińska Jakub Kurasz Wojciech Maj Piotr Dudziak Anna Nowak |
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Introduction and objective. This article aims to discuss the issue of excessive body weight based on available literature. It highlights the physical and psychosocial consequences of obesity and addresses the topic of weight reduction.
Review methods. Bibliographic material was retrieved from PubMed and Google Scholar using terms related to obesity, overweight, and quality of life. Forty-six articles published between 2015 and 2024 were selected.
Conclusions. Obesity is a source of numerous somatic and psychosocial complications. The article shows the negative impact of these consequences on quality of life. One of the main goals of obesity treatment is to improve quality of life. Therefore, the article describes manner to reduce body weight, sources of motivation and adversity on the treatment path and explores the topic of psychological support in obesity treatment.
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| spelling | doaj-art-688a397d3fb64ab79fbfe76fb82ae4f42025-01-31T08:23:35ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńQuality in Sport2450-31182025-01-013710.12775/QS.2025.37.57791Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of LifeAlicja Skoczylas0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2185-5406Paweł Siudziński1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4476-9412Mateusz Łyko2https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2530-2789Wiktoria Tomaszewska3https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6166-1659Katarzyna Pala4https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0787-3872Wiktoria Podlasiewicz5https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6578-5297Maria Golińska6https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2772-6131Jakub Kurasz7https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3955-1552Wojciech Maj8https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2869-3718Piotr Dudziak9https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6173-740XAnna Nowak10https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8833-1107Faculty of Medicine, University of OpoleUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we WrocławiuUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet OpolskiUniwersytet Opolski Introduction and objective. This article aims to discuss the issue of excessive body weight based on available literature. It highlights the physical and psychosocial consequences of obesity and addresses the topic of weight reduction. Review methods. Bibliographic material was retrieved from PubMed and Google Scholar using terms related to obesity, overweight, and quality of life. Forty-six articles published between 2015 and 2024 were selected. Conclusions. Obesity is a source of numerous somatic and psychosocial complications. The article shows the negative impact of these consequences on quality of life. One of the main goals of obesity treatment is to improve quality of life. Therefore, the article describes manner to reduce body weight, sources of motivation and adversity on the treatment path and explores the topic of psychological support in obesity treatment. https://apcz.umk.pl/QS/article/view/57791obesityquality of lifereduction of body weight |
| spellingShingle | Alicja Skoczylas Paweł Siudziński Mateusz Łyko Wiktoria Tomaszewska Katarzyna Pala Wiktoria Podlasiewicz Maria Golińska Jakub Kurasz Wojciech Maj Piotr Dudziak Anna Nowak Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life Quality in Sport obesity quality of life reduction of body weight |
| title | Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life |
| title_full | Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life |
| title_fullStr | Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life |
| title_short | Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life |
| title_sort | excessive body weight as a determinant of quality of life |
| topic | obesity quality of life reduction of body weight |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/QS/article/view/57791 |
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