person Juliana Bertoletti
schoolUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazilPorto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.
person Alef Alves Lemos
schoolUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazilPorto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.
person Sebastião Sousa Almeida
schoolUniversidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.Universidade de São PauloBrazilRibeirão Preto, SP, BrazilUniversidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.
person Clarissa Marceli Trentini
schoolUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazilPorto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.
Correspondence address: Clarissa Marceli Trentini. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, segundo andar, sala 225, Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil. CEP 90035-003 E-mail: clarissatrentini@gmail.com.
This article is the result of the first author’s doctoral dissertation, supervised by the fourth author. This research was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre under CAAE 42178015.2.0000.5327. The dissertation was defended in 2018 in the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. The study received financial support through a CAPES doctoral scholarship.
Juliana Bertoletti is a doctor of psychology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.
Alef Alves Lemos is a master’s student of psychology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.
Sebastião Sousa Almeida is a Professor of psychology at Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.
Clarissa Marceli Trentini is a Professor of psychology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.
Authors’ Contribution:
All authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design of this study, to data analysis and interpretation, and to the manuscript revision and approval of the final version. All the authors assume public responsibility for the content of the manuscript.
Associate editor:
Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira
How to cite this article:
Bertoletti, J., Lemos, A. A., Almeida, S. S., & Trentini, C. M. (2025). Extension of Brazilian Silhouette Scale for the Context of Super Obesity. Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 35, e3525.https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3525