Adverse life experiences among patients with morbid obesity.

Background: The association between highly stressful life experiences and morbid obesity is well documented internationally, but this knowledge is not incorporated to any great extent in Norwegian clinical practices. We have studied the reports of previous life stresses from a sample of Norwegian patients under assessment for morbid obesity at a centre where the topic of life experiences was included during the recording of patient histories.

Material And Method: In the summer of 2018, an invitation to participate in the study was distributed to the last 200 patients to have been examined at the Regional Centre for Morbid Obesity in Bodø.