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Epistemology, family patterns, and psychosomatics: the case of obesity.Family process, 25 3
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © 1990 Australian Association of Family Therapy
- ISSN
- 0814-723X
- eISSN
- 1467-8438
- DOI
- 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1990.tb00824.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Obesity today has a high social relevance, affecting a growing number of people. This disorder is treated in many different ways, but with a remarkable lack of results and a high frequency of relapse. In this paper obesity is considered from a systemic perspective: fatness is information (difference, in Bateson's terminology) given by a person about his/her relationship with the family and the other systems she/he is involved in. A family therapy of obesity must thus take into consideration first of all the relational issues connected with this difference, using circular questions in order to point out the analogic communication in the family. Appropriate prescriptions can then be given, focused on the eating rituals.
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley
Published: Dec 1, 1990