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Obese people's perception of their own bodies

2015; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/1414-8145.20150067

2177-9465

Tássia Teles Santana de Macêdo, Pollyana Pereira Portela, Cátia Suely Palamira, Fernanda Carneiro Mussi,

Physical Education and Gymnastics

Objective: Awareness on the obese people's perception of their own body image.Methods: A qualitative research performed in an outpatient clinic accompanying people with excess weight, in Salvador-BA.Interviews were carried out with 19 people diagnosed as obese.The information was submitted to thematic content analysis.Results: Three categories emerged from the analysis: Depreciated body revealed with deformed, deteriorated features, modulated outside esthetical and moral standards;Suffering the weight of living in an obese body expressed the predicament of the interaction between a disfigured body and the social world; Identifying with the body revealed acceptance, not feeling upset by the social pressures on the ideal standards for the body.Conclusion: Perception about the body reflected above all a negative image accompanies by sadness, shame and isolation.Obesity affects the wellbeing and living with an obese body demands the exercise of acceptance in an environment which considers it a moral failure.