| BODY IMAGE ISSUES.. Higher body mass index (overweight and obese) predicts lower psych well-being in women only; see Bookwala, J. and Boyar, J. (2008). Gender, Excessive Body Weight, and Psych Well-Being in Adulthood. Psych of Woman Quarterly, 32(2), 188-195. However, risk of metachronous lesions (adenomas) are higher in obese men only and not woman; see Jacobs, E. T., Ahnen, D. J., Ashbeck, E. L., Baron, J. A., Greenberg, E. R., Lance, P., Lieberman, D. A., McKeown-Essen, G., Schatzkin, A., Thompson, P. A. and Martinez, M. E. (2009). Association Between Body Mass Index and Colorectal Neoplasia at Follow-up Colonoscopy: A Pooling Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 169(6), 657-666. |