Living with Bodily Changes after Weight Loss Surgery - Women’s Experiences of Food and "Dumping"

In this article we explore women’s experiences of “dumping” following weight loss surgery. The empirical material is based on individual interviews with 22 Norwegian women. To further analyze their experiences, we build primarily on the phenomenologist Drew Leder`s notion of the “inner body.” Additi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karen Synne Groven, Gunn Engelsrud, Målfrid Råheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2012-07-01
Series:Phenomenology & Practice
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/pandpr/index.php/pandpr/article/view/19853