Body Image - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Nipple-sparing mastectomy--initial experience at a tertiary center.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) combines skin-sparing mastectomy with preservation of the nipple-areolar dermis and intraoperative pathologic assessment of the nipple core. We evaluated our initial experience with NSM in terms of ... Read more...

No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVES: To examine rates of weight-based teasing before initiation of school-based childhood obesity prevention policies (Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003) and during the 2 years following policy implementation, as well as demographic factors related ... Read more...

Childhood experiences of being bullied and teased in the eating disorders.

30 Aug 2008 Empirical studies have found associations between eating pathology and childhood experiences of being bullied and teased about appearance. However, the nature of these links is not clear. This study investigated the possible links between such ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Body Image'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The harms of medicoplasty. 5 Oct 2008
• Nipple-sparing mastectomy--initial experience at a tertiary center. 29 Sep 2008
• No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented. 29 Sep 2008
• Childhood experiences of being bullied and teased in the eating disorders. 30 Aug 2008
• Impacts of exposure to images of ideal bodies on male body dissatisfaction: a review. 30 Aug 2008
• A qualitative study of the experiences of women with metastatic breast cancer. 30 Aug 2008
• Effectiveness of day hospital treatment for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. 30 Aug 2008
• The patient's perception of having recovered from an eating disorder. 30 Aug 2008
• Telling parents their child's weight status: psychological impact of a weight-screening program. 30 Aug 2008
• Body dysmorphic disorder: treating an underrecognized disorder. 30 Aug 2008
• Irritable bowel syndrome subtypes differ in body awareness, psychological symptoms and biochemical stress markers. 19 Aug 2008
• Psychological reactions, quality of life, and body image after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in women at high risk for breast cancer: a prospective 1-year follow-up study. 18 Aug 2008
• A 39-year-old man with HIV-associated lipodystrophy. Aug 2008
• Association of physical fitness and body mass index in youth. 30 Jul 2008
• Care dependence: a struggle toward moments of respite. 30 Jul 2008
• Considerations in male aging face consultation: psychologic aspects. 30 Jul 2008
• A survey among breast cancer survivors: treatment of the climacteric after breast cancer. 30 Jul 2008
• Failing bodies: body image and multiple chronic conditions in later life. 30 Jul 2008
• Teaching patient selection in aesthetic surgery: use of the standardized patient. 30 Jul 2008
• Improving shape and symmetry in mastopexy with autologous or cadaveric dermal slings. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Body Image'

Definition: Individuals' personal concept of their bodies as objects in and bound by space, independently and apart from all other objects.

Descriptor UI: D001828

Alternative terms: Body Image; Body Images; Image, Body; Images, Body;

Tree Number: F02.463.593.112;

Technical Notes: no qualif