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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pearl RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6162161 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Obesity surgery 20181101 11
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 behaviora ...[more]