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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">263</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2024.40201</article-id>
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      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Psychiatry</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Psychological Impact of Obesity and Overweight in Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University&#13;
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      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Al-Sharif</surname>
            <given-names>Hashim</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sahal</surname>
            <given-names>Motaz</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alazwari</surname>
            <given-names>Nawaf</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alneefia</surname>
            <given-names>Sultan</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Al-Mhmadi</surname>
            <given-names>Musaad</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Fouda</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Althubaity</surname>
            <given-names>Jaber</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Althubaiti</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Shatla</surname>
            <given-names>Mokhtar</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>2</day>
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>4</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>116</fpage>
      <lpage>124</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
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      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Background: Obesity and overweight are both common and have a high prevalence in Saudi Arabia. With the increase in body mass index (BMI), other complications can also occur, including mental health complications. Studies have shown a positive association between overweight/obesity and mental health issues. The aim of the study is to investigate the association between obesity, overweight and mental disorders. &#13;
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Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca. The study was carried out in Makkah from March till October 2022. For data collection, an online questionnaire was created using Google Forms. Data were collected using the depression anxiety stress scale (DASS).&#13;
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Results: The study included 403 university students, all of whom were medical students ranging from the second academic year to internship Out of all the participants, 20.1% were found to be overweight, while 18.3% were found to be obese. The overall prevalence rates were 62% for depression, 62.5% for anxiety, and 52.6% for stress. The association of body mass index (BMI) with depression, anxiety, and stress failed to show statistical significance (P-values = 0.399, 0.468, and 0.532, respectively). However, gender showed a statistically significant association with stress (P-value=0.004). Depression and anxiety showed statistically significant associations with age groups (P-values = 0.048 and 0.006, respectively).&#13;
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Conclusions: Gender showed a statistically significant association with stress. Additionally, age groups were found to have a statistically significant association with both depression and anxiety. These results failed to show a strong association between depression, stress, anxiety, with obesity.&#13;
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      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>Obesity</kwd>
        <kwd> Overweight</kwd>
        <kwd> Anxiety</kwd>
        <kwd> Depression</kwd>
        <kwd> Stress</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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