Dance therapy improves self-body image among obese patients

Muller-Pinget, Solange; Carrard, Isabelle; Ybarra, Juan; Golay, Alain

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2012.07.008

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English

Dance therapy improves self-body image among obese patients

ContributorsMuller-Pinget, Solange; Carrard, Isabelle; Ybarra, Juan; Golay, Alain

Published inPatient education and counseling, vol. 89, no. 3, p. 525-528

Publication date2012

Abstract

Obesity and disturbed eating behaviors are both associated with low self-esteem and distorted body images. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of a dance therapy program on the evolution of mental representations linked to body image among obese patients. Changes in body image were evaluated in terms of four parameters: physical, psychological, cognitive, and social.

Keywords

Obesity, Dance therapy, Body image

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours

Research groups

Education thérapeutique du patient, diabète et obésité (600)

Citation (ISO format)

MULLER-PINGET, Solange et al. Dance therapy improves self-body image among obese patients. In: Patient education and counseling, 2012, vol. 89, n° 3, p. 525–528. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.07.008

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PID : unige:32325
DOI : 10.1016/j.pec.2012.07.008
PMID : 23031613

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0738399112002972

Journal ISSN0738-3991

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