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Obesophobia

Also Known As:

Fear of gaining weight; Phobia, gaining weight

Networked: 5 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Mental Disorders: 24177
- Anxiety Disorders: 7356
  - Phobic Disorders: 1089
    - Obesophobia: 5

Related Diseases

1.	Anorexia Nervosa
2.	Vomiting
3.	Thinness
4.	Mental Disorders (Mental Disorder)
5.	Feeding and Eating Disorders (Eating Disorder)

Experts

1.	Burd, Larry: 1 article (01/2009)
2.	Kerbeshian, Jacob: 1 article (01/2009)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Obesophobia:

1.	SmokeIBA 10/01/2012 - "The two most common barriers to quitting were "trouble managing stress and mood" and "fear of gaining weight." Based on the data from our centre, patients with CaB who continue to smoke after their diagnosis warrant a smoking cessation program as a resource for improving prognosis and long-term health. "
2.	Indicators and Reagents (Reagents)IBA 05/01/1998 - "Depressive symptoms and a "slimness ideal" were found among a large number of patients, just as much as the fear of gaining weight--which prove to be a reliable indicator for the continuation of an eating disorder. "
3.	Dietary Fats (Dietary Fat)IBA 01/01/2009 - "She subsequently experienced a distinct onset of partial anorexia nervosa characterized by fear of gaining weight, body image distortions, food preference idiosyncrasies including avoidance of fat, dietary restriction, a pursuit of thinness, episodic self-induced vomiting, the missing of her menstrual cycles, and a 10% decrement in expected weight for height. "
4.	antineoplaston A10 (A 10)IBA 01/01/2009 - "She subsequently experienced a distinct onset of partial anorexia nervosa characterized by fear of gaining weight, body image distortions, food preference idiosyncrasies including avoidance of fat, dietary restriction, a pursuit of thinness, episodic self-induced vomiting, the missing of her menstrual cycles, and a 10% decrement in expected weight for height. "

Therapies and Procedures

1.

Diet Therapy (Therapy, Diet)

05/05/2023 - "These biases, including selective attentional bias (AB) to disliked body parts, may reinforce concerns about body shape, fear of gaining weight and body image disturbances and may contribute to dietary restriction and restraint. "
11/28/2023 - "Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a mental disorder characterized by dietary restriction, fear of gaining weight, and distorted body image. "