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Background:Obesity is officially recognized as a chronic disease and a top public health priority by several global societies and healthcare bodies.This research aimed to examine the awareness of patients who are suffering from obesity and adopt the required healthcare measurements to minimize the level of obesity. Methods:A cross-sectional study was used in this research work that helped in raising the awareness of patients regarding obesity and adhering to healthy activities. The philosophy of positivism would be appropriate because this research work involved a detailed analysis of gathered data which is quantitative in nature. The approach of research that would be best for this research work is an inductive approach which is based on developing a new theory and that is what is required for executing this research work. The design for executing the research work is descriptive because a cross-sectional study was executed and therefore the assessment of the gathered data involved a detailed and descriptive assessment of the retrieved data. Results:Of610participants included in the current study, 486 of study participants agreed that they feel that obesity is increasing in recent times (79.7%). Vast majority of study participants believed that eating habits have a role in the development of obesity (n= 594, 97.4%). The same percentage almost believed that avoiding oily and junk food would reduce obesity (n= 581, 95.2%). In addition, more than half of study participants experiencedsome issues with excessive weight and suffering from obesity (n= 353, 57.9%).The most frequent issue experienced by obese individuals was diabetes (n= 300, 49.2%). They responded that low carbohydrates diet is the best choice (n= 406, 66.6%) followed by green vegetables (n= 169, 27.7%) then fruits came in the last place (n= 35, 5.7%). Conclusion:Most of study participants agreed that they feel that obesity is increasing in recent times. Vast majority of study participants believed that eating habits have a role in the development of obesity. Study revealed that the most frequent issue experienced by obese individuals was diabetes. &nbsp

Background: In March 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 as pandemic with very high incidence of case-fatality, after that COVID-19 Pandemic was found in China, Europe and USA where these regions were the most affected areas. The new virus attack patients with low-immunity than healthier population causing many psychological conditions. In this study, we aimed to assess prevalence of patient have low immunity symptoms, determine general psychological state in corona season, and demographic factors affecting both variable. Methodology: This is an analytical cross-sectional study conducted in kingdom of Saudi Arabia (General population) from 19/7/2020 till 25/10/2020. The study depended on online self-report questionnaire which assessing demographic factors including age and nationality besides disease-related information. Results: We had received 228 responses to our questionnaire where three quarter of them were female (75.9%). 21.1% of the participants were between 19-25 years old while 19.7% were between 36-40 while most of the sample had bachelor (73.7%). It was found that the most common symptoms were having trouble sleeping, low energy, felling tired, having to change the diet and having asthma where 8.8% had at least one symptom, 8.3% had two symptoms and 14.2% had 3 or more symptoms. Considering psychological status, we had found that the most common symptoms reported by participants were concerning about future, the always need for naps and caffeine, afraid of getting sick, afraid of worsen health, and extreme mood change. It was found that gender had a significant effect on developing both low immunity and poor psychological status (P=0.029, 0.02) where female seems to have more low immunity and poorer psychological status than male. Age is another significant factor in determining low immunity and poor psychological status (P=0.026, 0.001) where younger participants reported more symptoms of low immunity and poor psychological than older participants where the most affected age interval was 19-25 years old. Conclusion: we had found high prevalence of low immune status and poor psychological status which were more associated with females and younger populations. Moreover, there is a significant correlation between poor psychological status and low immune status.