Prevalence of obesity is increasing and approaching a pandemic. It is largely driven by changes in living environment and behavior as a result of technological modernization. These factors change our diets and lifestyles and promote a state of positive energy balance. Weight loss is the key treatment in patients with obesity and related complications, and it cannot be achieved without having a ...

OBJECTIVE Multisomatoform disorder (MSD) is characterised by > or = 3 medically inexplicable, troublesome physical symptoms, together with a > or = 2-year history of somatisation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in a South African sample MSD, and to compare demographic and clinical outcomes in those patients with and without co-morbidity....

BACKGROUND Co-morbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with poor clinical and psychological outcomes. However, the full extent of the burden of, and interaction between, this co-morbidity on important vocational outcomes remains less clear, particularly at the population level. We examine the association of co-morbid MDD with work outcomes in persons...