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: Many studies have emphasized the high frequency of obesity in schizophrenic
patients. However, the characteristics of the Body Mass Index (BMI) distribution in Japanese …

Aims In E urope and N orth A merica, schizophrenia patients treated with antipsychotic
agents have a higher prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome compared with healthy …

Obesity is a common comorbidity in schizophrenia. Few studies have addressed obesity in
Chinese schizophrenia patients. The aims of this current study were to evaluate the …

This investigation estimates and compares, for the first time, the distribution of body mass
index (BMI: kg/m2) and the prevalence of obesity among Chinese outpatients with …

Obesity is an epidemic in this country and much of the rest of the developed world. It is a
major contributor to a range of metabolic disorders responsible for much of the medical …

Background Few studies have investigated the weight of patients with schizophrenia in
China. Objective The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence, clinical characteristics …

Sex differences in schizophrenia have been well recognized. However, sex differences in
obesity associated with antipsychotics have received little systematic study. This study was …

Objective: Many studies reported that obesity rate in the Western countries is higher in
schizophrenia patients than in general population. In this study, we surveyed nationwide …

The prevalence of obesity in inpatients of a German psychiatric rehabilitation center for
adolescents and young adults (mean age 19.5 years) is assessed and set into relationship …