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AN OVERVIEW ON OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY/MORBID OBESITY AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF FOOD ADDICTIONOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Background: obesity is one of the most challenging health issues facing society today because of its increasing prevalence, its health and economic impact, and the lack of sustainable solutions.
Aim of the Work: to identify the occurrence of food addiction in patients with overweight and obesity who are diagnosed with Axis I or Axis II psychiatric disorders. To highlight the occurrence of social stress in patients with overweight and obesity seeking mental health clinics
Patients and Methods: this is a comparative observational cross sectional (case control) study during the academic year 2017-2018. The sample will be selected from the outpatient psychiatric clinics at the Institute of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, Ain shams University Hospitals. These outpatient clinics work on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday from 9am-12pm, they clinics are located in Eastern Cairo and serve a catchments area for about the third of the Capital Cairo. They serve both urban and rural areas, including areas around Great Cairo as well.
Results: The majority of the case group were females representing 72.7% while males representing 27.3%. These results was conducted a Brazilian study and found that 71.3% of his study population were females. The results of the present study revealed that the age of case group ranges between 18 – 68 with mean and standard deviation 39.64 ± 12.47.
Conclusion: this study highlight the occurrence of food addiction and social stress in patients with overweight and obesity who are diagnosed with Axis I or Axis II psychiatric disorders; The study revealed that there is a significant and positive association of high uncontrollable stressful events and chronic stress states with BMI, and weight gain.
Keywords: Food Addiction, Social Stress, Psychiatric, Overweight.