Testing a model of body image in the bariatric surgery patient.

Purpose: The purpose was to test a published model of body image in the bariatric surgery patient in the clinical office setting.

Background: A model was created based on clinical observations during field work and the literature. It focuses on five concepts of body image: body attitude, body checking, appearance orientation, perceived body size, and perceived body space.

Conceptualization of body image in the bariatric surgery patient.

Bariatric (weight loss) surgery is more popular than ever. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in 2016 reported that 216,000 bariatric procedures were performed in the United States. Bariatric surgery has major physiological benefits; its use is expected to increase globally.

Geographical distribution of perfluorinated compounds in fish from Minnesota lakes and rivers.

In response to growing interest in human exposure to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), the state of Minnesota measured and reported PFC concentrations in fish collected from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. To better determine the geographical distribution of PFC contamination throughout Minnesota, fish were collected from 59 lakes throughout the state and several areas along the Mississippi River.

Perfluorinated compounds in whole fish homogenates from the Ohio, Missouri, and Upper Mississippi Rivers, USA.

A method for the analysis of 10 perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in whole fish homogenate is presented and applied to 60 fish samples collected from the Ohio, Missouri, and upper Mississippi Rivers in 2005. Method accuracy ranged between 86 and 125% with limits of quantitation between 0.2 and 10 ng/g wet weight.