Introduction
Obesity, fatty liver disease, eating behaviors, personality disorders, weight reduction, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, depression, weight loss, diabetes
OBESITY, EPIDEMIC DISEASE, ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION, DIABETES
Obesity is an epidemic disease and a major problem in public health; it affects over 1.5 billion people globally and is directly associated with co-morbidities such as arterial hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, fatty liver disease, and depression [Emotions directly influence thinking to facilitate decision-making, thinking, and action; accordingly, when experiencing negative emotions, they focus on more details and remember further errors. When experiencing positive excitement, they seek positive results and develop optimal performance [Schema Therapy (ST) is an integrated cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused model that links the actual psychological features and problems to childhood experiences; it also considering the role of temperamental features, helps to understand and treat personality disorders [Mental health and eating behaviors may improve after BS, and these beneficial effects may have an effect on weight reduction and maintenance [Application is still in its infancy as well. Some studies demonstrated that cooperation in group-based psychotherapy positively affected weight loss results among post- BS patients [