Obesity and Physical and Emotional Well‐Being: Associations between Body Mass Index, Chronic Illness, and the Physical and Mental Components of the SF‐36 Questionnaire
Obesity Research2000Vol. 8(2), pp. 160–170
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Abstract
Overweight and obesity are associated with poor levels of subjective health status, particularly in terms of physical well-being. The limitations in emotional well-being that are reported here and in other studies may be a result of confounding by the presence of accompanying chronic illness.
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