Expectations from Body Contouring Surgery and Body-image Satisfaction in Post-Bariatric Patients

Health Organization (WHO) defines overweight as a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25, and obesity as a BMI greater than or equal to 30. With more than 1.4 billion overweight adults worldwide in 2008 obesity has nearly doubled since 1980. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese According to the Sixth Swiss Nutrition Report 8.7% of men and 7.8% of women in Switzerland are obese and the number has continually increased in the last 30 years [2, Obesity increases the risk of developing many serious chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol levels or high blood pressure [4] and even increases the risk of premature death