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The data are not publicly available due to ethical issues. Our study aim was to assess the QoL of an obese population of bariatric surgery BS candidates, and to compare it to both that of a non-bariatric obese population C and that of the general population. We included BS and 68 C obese patients. Nevertheless, there was a decrease in the QoL for the BS patients as determined using the BQL, a tool with higher sensitivity to bariatric patients.
Obesity is a chronic relapsing disease that results from an imbalance in energy intake, with subsequent excessive fat accumulation in the body that presents a risk to health [ 1 ]. The obesity burden, however, not only implies an increase in mortality. It remains a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases—the so-called obesity comorbidities.
Among several others, obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular conditions, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and musculoskeletal disorders, which account for important disability [ 1 ]. Disability in obesity has been said to account for the loss of over , adjusted years [ 3 ], resulting in 3. Furthermore, the obesity issue is accompanied by important economic load, with direct medical costs estimated at USD billion in the United States [ 5 ] and up to EUR 1.
Indirect costs, such as those from missing work, can result in an additional EUR million per year [ 4 ]. Obesity has also been associated with important psychiatric and social implications. Mental health issues and conditions are frequent in obese patients, the most frequent being depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and eating disorders [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Patient-reported outcomes PROs , such as quality of life QoL , are also affected by obesity [ 9 , 10 ].
