Obesity a Major Obstacle to Good *** Life
By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter
Excerpts
New research confirms the worst fears of those who worry about putting on extra pounds: Severely overweight people are much more likely to report poor *** lives.
In some areas of their *** lives, the obese report 25 times as many problems as people of weight levels considered healthy. Both men and women suffered from lack of ***ual desire and enjoyment along with hampered performance. Many reported avoiding *** entirely.
The study results suggest that many fat people share similar challenges on the ***ual level, said study co-author Martin Binks, a clinical psychologist and director of behavioral science at Duke University's Diet and Fitness Center. "It's important for people to know it's not something that's wrong with them. It's something that other people experience. They're not alone in this."
Binks and his colleagues surveyed 1,210 people from the Durham, N.C., area. Most had sought treatment at Duke's diet center, and all but 282 were obese, with an average body mass index of 41. The index indicates whether a person's weight is proportional to his or her height; a 5 foot, 5 inch person weighing 250 pounds would have a BMI of 41.
Half of those seeking treatment for obesity said they sometimes, usually or always felt no desire for ***, compared to just 2 percent of those who were not obese. About four out of every 10 treatment-seekers reported physical problems with ***; 41 percent said they avoided ***. In contrast, just 2.5 percent of the non-obese people said they stayed away from ***ual activity.
Obese people who didn't seek treatment reported more ***ual satisfaction, but they remained much less likely to report normal *** lives than the non-obese.
***ual difficulties among the obese are "a more common problem than one would expect, and they deserve treatment," Binks said. He speculated that self-esteem issues may contribute to the ***ual problems facing the obese, whose numbers are growing.
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