Open AccessIs obesity a risk to depression? A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Rajat Garg,
Sachin Kumar Saxena,
Sabreen Bashir
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_59_19
Subject(s) - overweight , depression (economics) , obesity , medicine , cross sectional study , patient health questionnaire , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , anxiety , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Depression and obesity are disorders of stress with a dose dependent relationship between the both. The adverse health and social consequences are significant, when depression and obesity co-exist. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of depression among overweight and obese patients in a large station of Armed Forces and associate other risk factors of depression.