JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v3i1.2206 jpsim.v3i1.2206 Original Research Obesity, Social support and Quality of life among Young Female Adults in Sialkot, Pakistan Abbas Salbia ch.min29@yahoo.com * Abbas Saira Fayyaz Amina Amjad Neelam Jameela Department of Psychology, Govt. College for Women University Sialkot, Department of English, University of Management and Technology, Sialkot *Correspondence: Salbia Abbas (ch.min29@yahoo.com) 15 03 2022 2022 3 1 33 35 16 11 2021 12 01 2022 Copyright © 2022 The Author(s) 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective

The aim of present study would be to find out the relationship of Social support and Obesity with Quality of Life among Adult females.

 Methodology

Data collected form 400 female students form different university and colleges. To measure social support Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support developed by (Zimet, Dehlem, Zimet&Farly, 1988)used. To measured the BMI Body Mass Index Scale (BMI) developed by (Quelete, 1830) & WHO-Quality of life Scale by (John Flanagan, 1970) Used for data collection.

 Results

. For overall scores and psychological and physical domain ratings, post-hoc comparisons showed that participants with average weight had higher QoL relative to obese individuals (complete: p = 0.001; physical: p < 0.001; psychological: p = 0.002) and morbidly obese obese individuals (overall: p < 0.001; physical: p < 0.001; psychological: p < 0.001), and obese individuals had higher QoL. For the social domain, morbidly obese people demonstrated lower QoL relative to average weight individuals (p < 0.001) and obese individuals (p = 0.010), however the latter two categories did not differ (p = 0.096) from one another. For the environmental context, individuals with average weight demonstrated better QoL compared with obese people (p = 0.011) and morbidly obese people.

 Conclusion

In conclusion the research indicates that in young adult females, there is an important link between the body mass index and the quality of life. Body mass index is a significant determinant of young adult females quality of life. The study found that obesity and social support are important factors responsible for the worsening of young adult women's quality of life

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