Impact of Obesity on Life Satisfaction of Adults

Obesity is a common problem. Maximum of the adults have excess weight because of extra fat in their bodies. The purpose of this study is to discover the effect of obesity on the life satisfaction. Forty mild obese adults (BMI- 30-34) and 40 intense overweight adults (BMI- 40 & above); consisting of same number of ladies and men in each groups, were selected by purposive sampling method from Kauimur district (Bihar). Their health status was screened by using GHQ-12. Afterwards each respondent were instructed to fill Personal Data Questionnaire and Life satisfaction scale. The present study reveals that 50% obese adults had average level of life satisfaction and 50% had low level of life satisfaction. It has been also found that severe obese and female obese adults had significantly decreased level of life satisfaction in comparison to their respective groups.