Baropsychology Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. Amandeep Singh Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India. Madhur Verma Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India. Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.26-55 Abstract Baropsychology may be defined as the study of psychological or emotional causative, contributory and confounding factors, comorbid conditions, and complications of overweight/obesity, as well as the psychological and behavioural interventions used as part of corrective and curative therapy. This brief communication defines, describes and details the concept of baropsychology. It attempts to bring together the various psychosocial and person-centred aspects of obesity care under a single umbrella. This will help ensure focussed and fruitful application of these principles in clinical practice bariatric. Keywords: Obesity, overweight, psychology, psychosocial. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2026-06-25 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Amandeep Singh, Madhur Verma, & Nitin Kapoor. (2026). Baropsychology. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 76(07), 1177–1177. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.26-55 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 76 No. 07 (2026): JULY Section BAROCRINOLOGY License Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.