ABSTRACT
Obesity is an illness with destructive effects on health. Although psychological factors are important in the development of obesity, there is a little information about such factors because of limited data about psychological aspects of obesity in our society. To assess them in obese individuals. This research is carried out with 113 obese [94 women, 19 men] people in nutrition clinic of Rasht, northern Iran. They were selected based on Body Mass I ndex [BMI>25 kg/m[2]]. The instrument used was Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory [MMPI- 2]. Mean age of the samples was 31 years, and the range of BMI was 25/67 to 48/55. Data showed that scale hypochondriasis [Hs] in obese women and men, and scale psychasthenia [Pt] in men, are high. BMI was not correlated with the scales of MMPI-2. According to [MMPI-2] scales, the profile of obese men and women was normal. Since T scores in scales of Hs for obese women, and Hs and Pt scales in obese men were higher than 65, these cases are vulnerable for hypochondriasis and anxiety