Obesity and mental illness: a bidirectional pathogenesis!
Obesity and mental illness: a bidirectional pathogenesis!

Summary/Abstract: The surgeon general of the USA released in 2010 “A vision for a healthy and fit nation” and reported that the prevalence of obesity changed relatively little during the 1960s and 1970s, but it increased sharply over the ensuing decades-from 13.4% in 1980 to 34.3% in 2008 among adults and from 5% to 17% among children during the same period. The prevalence of extreme obesity also increased during 1976-1980 and 2007-2008, and approximately 6% of U.S. adults now have a BMI of 40 kg/m2 or higher. Obesity poses a major public health challenge. Each year, obesity contributes to an estimated 112,000 preventable deaths.

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