Evaluation of the Correlation of the Effects of Obesity in the Quality of Social Life

Abstract

Currently, the development of obesity is related to innumerable factors, among them are diet, depression and anxiety. In addition, body satisfaction stands out as another factor, more and more obese people are dissatisfied with their body image.This is a cross-sectional and quantitative epidemiological research. The sample consisted of 202 people of both genders. To determine the condition of the nutritional status, height, weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) were used. To obtain the data, the inventories of BECK for depression and anxiety were used. As results, there were no significant associations between depression, anxiety and stress, related to obesity, p ≤0.498, p ≤0.439 and ≤0.297. Regarding body satisfaction, there was a significant association with p≤0,021.In recent decades, chronic noncommunicable diseases (CDNT) have begun to lead the causes of death in the country, increasingly the Ministry of Health has been developing actions in articulation with several governmental and non-governmental sectors, whose main objective is to promote quality prevention and control.