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	INTRODUCTION
	Measurement of Quality of Life
	OBESITY AND PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE
	Factors that moderate the relationship between obesity and physical quality of life
	Treatment seeking and physical quality of life
	Effects of weight change on physical well being
	OBESITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL QUALITY OF LIFE
	Factors that moderate the relationship between obesity and psychological quality of life
	Treatment seeking and psychological quality of life
	Obesity and specific forms of psychopathology
	Effects of weight change on psychological well being
	OBESITY AND SOCIAL QUALITY OF LIFE
	Stigmatization of obese individuals
	Obesity and socioeconomic status
	SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS