Introduction: Stress is defined as the body response adapted to a stressor stress
disorder, while perceived stress is assessed by the level of stress assimilated in
stressful situations. Obese individuals with high levels of perceived stress may result
in pathophysiological changes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis,
responsible for the release of cortisol, which can trigger other chronic non- communicable and cardiovascular diseases. In addition, it has a higher prevalence of
eating behavior disorders, restrictive diets and exhaustive physical exercise practices
for weight control. Objective: To verify an association between obesity and
perceived stress classifications. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study with
obese patients. The classification of obesity was based on the WHO Body Mass
Index (1997) for a stress assessment used by the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale,
translated and validated by Luft et al. (2007). For an association between the
categories of obesity, gender and stress was used for Student test and ANOVA,
adopting a significance level of p <0.05. Results: participating in the study 91 obese
with a mean age of 40 ± 13 years, predominantly female, with a general stress
average equal to 28.2 ± 8.1. When associated with the selection of obesity or stress
scores, 29.00 ± 7.12 (grade I), 27.03 ± 7.54 (grade II) and 28.97 ± 9.17 (grade III),
with a value of p = 0.527. Discussion: Although stress did not show a significant
difference between the age ranges of obesity and gender in this study, the studies
found or score found are below only in the strata and doctoral students. Conclusion:
Stress scores do not differ between those suffering from obesity, but front stressors,
obese may respond negatively to routine questions, slowing or progressing and
slowing progress when not getting the shortest result.
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