Open AccessThe Association Between Obesity and Social Isolation as Well as Loneliness in the Adult Population: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
André Hajek,
Benedikt Kretzler,
HansHelmut König
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s313873
Subject(s) - loneliness , social isolation , cinahl , psycinfo , observational study , obesity , association (psychology) , systematic review , psychology , feeling , population , isolation (microbiology) , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , medline , psychiatry , social psychology , environmental health , psychological intervention , biology , bioinformatics , psychotherapist , biochemistry
Obesity is associated with adverse health outcomes and can result in feelings of loneliness or social isolation, for example due to stigmatization. These factors are in turn associated with morbidity and mortality. Thus far, a systematic review is lacking with regard to the association between obesity, social isolation and loneliness. Therefore, our aim was to fill this gap in knowledge.