Future Epidemic: DEPREOBESITY

Abstract Obesity and depression are both global health problems that have a major impact on human life and are costly to health services. Both of them have a substantial health impact including long-term complications, reduction in health-related functioning, reduction of quality of life and reduced overall life expectancy. In this article, we propose ‘‘depreobesity’’ as a modern epidemic, which indicates the coexistence of both depression and obesity. It is thus urgent to understand and manage this concept to optimize public health and medical intervention planning.