Objective: To examine the associations between sociodemographic variables, body weight
and quality of life in schizophrenic outpatients. Methods: Assessments included an interview …

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective was to examine the differential relationship between
waist circumference, body mass index, and self-reported quality of life in patients with …

Background Obesity is becoming more prevalent and thus growing as a public health
concern in patients with schizophrenia. This investigation evaluated the relationship …

Objective: Studies have reported that up to 60% of individuals with schizophrenia and 68%
of those with bipolar disorder are overweight/obese. This paper explores the health‐related …

BACKGROUND: Metabolic abnormalities and weight gain are an important problem in
patients with schizophrenia. An instrument to evaluate body image and self-esteem related …

Background Recently, a relationship between obesity and schizophrenia has been reported.
Although fat-mass and fat free mass have been shown to be more predictive of health risk …

Evidence suggests abnormal bioenergetic status throughout the body in psychotic disorders.
The present study examined predictors of elevated body mass index (BMI) across diagnostic …

A number of studies have reported that patients with schizophrenia have a higher body
mass index (BMI) than the general population. Few Asian studies have examined BMI in …

Background Obesity is up to 4 times higher in patients with schizophrenia than in the
general population. However, the link between obesity and schizophrenia in the absence of …

Background: Patients with schizophrenia experience low quality of life (QOL). Aims: To
examine QOL in these patients and the relation between QOL and illness duration, adjusted …