Description

• Title:
  Excessive Body Weight as a Determinant of Quality of Life
• Creator:
  Skoczylas, Alicja;
  Siudziński, Paweł;
  Łyko, Mateusz;
  Tomaszewska, Wiktoria;
  Pala, Katarzyna;
  Podlasiewicz, Wiktoria;
  Golińska, Maria;
  Kurasz, Jakub;
  Maj, Wojciech;
  Dudziak, Piotr;
  Nowak, Anna
• Description:
  Introduction  and  objective. This article aims to discuss the issue of excessive body weight based on available literature. It highlights the physical and psychosocial consequences of obesity and addresses the topic of weight reduction. Review  methods. Bibliographic material was retrieved from PubMed and Google Scholar using terms related to obesity, overweight, and quality of life. Forty-six articles published between 2015 and 2024 were selected. Conclusions. Obesity is a source of numerous somatic and psychosocial complications. The article shows the negative impact of these consequences on quality of life. One of the main goals of obesity treatment is to improve quality of life. Therefore, the article describes manner to reduce body weight, sources of motivation and adversity on the treatment path and explores the topic of psychological support in obesity treatment.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 Alicja Skoczylas, Paweł Siudziński, Mateusz Łyko, Wiktoria Tomaszewska, Katarzyna Pala, Wiktoria Podlasiewicz, Maria Golińska, Jakub Kurasz, Wojciech Maj, Piotr Dudziak, Anna Nowak
• Date:
  2025.01.30
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Quality in Sport; Tom 37 (2025); 57791;
  Quality in Sport; Vol. 37 (2025); 57791;
  2450-3118
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  University Center for Sports Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/QS/article/view/57791/41329
• Subject:
  obesity;
  quality of life;
  reduction of body weight
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/QS/article/view/57791
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text