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- Introduction
- Obesity- research and clinical practice
- Quality of life
- Different domains of quality of life
- Health-related quality of life
- Questionnaires
- Different kinds of HRQL questionnaires
- Generic HRQL questionnaires
- SF-36 measurement model
- Disease-specific measures of HRQOL
- Obesity-specific HRQL questionnaires
- Obesity-specific HRQL questionnaires - OP scale
- IWQOL-lite scales
- Population based studies: weight and HRQL
- SF-36 scores by BMI For middle aged women
- Weight and physical functioning
- Mean SF-36 scores in obesity/chronic illness
- Morbid obesity reduces HRQL markedly
- Weight change and HRQL
- HSQ-12 scores after 26 y follow-up in Chicago
- Weight and HRQL- evidence from (1)
- Subjective vs. physician reporting
- Medical complications of obesity
- HRQL in morbidly obese patients
- Obesity-related psychosocial problems (OP scale)
- Gender and IWQOL- lite scores
- IWQOL- lite scores by racial group
- IWQOL- lite scores for women by BED category
- Total score by BMI group and treatment modality
- Quality of life in obese persons
- Weight and HRQL- evidence from (2)
- The paradox of health-care
- Systematic review of RCT's
- Description of 34 HRQL studies
- Results of of 34 HRQL studies
- Quality of 34 RCT's in a systematic review
- Lifestyle intervention and HRQL
- HRQL during and 2y after treatment with VLED (1)
- HRQL before and after VLED
- Obesity- related psychosocial problems
- HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (2)
- HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (3)
- HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (4)
- Relationship between weight loss and IWQOL
- Pharmacotherapy and HRQL
- Sibutramine vs. placebo (1)
- Sibutramine vs. placebo (2)
- Surgical procedures
- SOS
- Obesity- related psychosocial problems
- HRQL changes surgery vs. controls
- Changes in IWQOL 6 months after gastric bypass
- Effects sizes with different methods of weight loss
- Conclusions: population level
- Conclusions: treatment seekers
- Conclusions: treatment (1)
- Conclusions: treatment (2)
- Success cannot be measured in kg's only
Topics Covered
- Obesity: research and clinical practice
- Quality of life: functioning and wellbeing
- Physical, mental, social and obesity-specific perspectives
- Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
- Questionnaires
- Disease-specific measure of HRQOL
- Obesity specific HRQOL questionnaires
- Psychosocial problems
- Evidence from population studies
- Weight and physical functioning
- Weight change and HRQOL
- Medical complications of obesity
- Evidence from weight loss studies
- The paradox of health-care
- Pharmacotherapy and HRQOL
- Surgical procedures
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Rissanen, A. and Kaukua, J. (2007, October 1). Obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 19, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/TRCB6592.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on October 1, 2007
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Aila Rissanen has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
- Dr. Jarmo Kaukua has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.