The present study was founded on the assertion that obesity is an emerging health problem among patients living with HIV/AIDS. The results of the study support the assertion. Obesity was a prevalent condition, affecting 30.1% of the sample. This rate is minimally greater than the 9%–28% prevalence rates reported in other studies (Amorosa et al., 2005; Hodgson et al., 2001; Jacobson et al., 2006; Shor-Posner et al., 2000). Although remarkably high, 30.1% may be an understimate of the true population prevalence, because obesity was defined by the presenting BMI versus the peak BMI since seroconversion.
