Obesity is considered as an epidemic; it constitutes a major public health problem. Obesity is a chronic, complex, multifactorial, relapsing disease due to excessive or abnormal accumulation of fat or adipose tissue in the body that impair health The adiposity is either absolute fat mass or percentage of total body fat, the degree of adiposity can be used as a clinical indicator of obesity rather than weight.
The majority of clinicians used more accessible and less costly methods as BMI and waist circumference.WHO classify obesity by using BMI 30-39.9 kg/m2 is classified as obese, extremely obese classifiedas a BMI ≥40 kg/m2, waist circumference >88 cm for women and >102 cm for men are obese.
QOL refers not only to health but also to social and environmental status (e.g., social support, income, and education) that can affect well-being. WHOQOL encompasses physical, psychological, social, and environment domains comprehensively.
AIM OF THE WORK:
To assess the quality of life of patients with obesity attending nutrition clinics of family health units and centers in Alexandria.