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Background: Obesity is a health problem frequently accompanied by depression and anxiety, as well as psychological eating styles such as emotional eating, addictive eating behaviours, and binge eating. Depression and obesity are established as major health problems worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that overweight affects about 1.3 billion adults worldwide, obesity more than 600 million, and depression affects 350 million people of all ages. Methodology: A systematic review was conducted following centers for Goggle scholar, PUBMED and science direct database using the keywords Overweight, obesity, depression, symptoms of depression. The time frame of the search was from 2000 to 2020. Result: The literature search resulted in 100 articles. 70 articles were selected after duplicate removal 50 articles were selected as per eligibility criteria. 25 articles were excluded due to reasons and 25 articles were selected for the systematic review. Conclusion: Based on our analysis results, most of the study stated that the importance of focusing on body image dissatisfaction among both adult females and males. In the present study, emotional eating was identified as a mediator variable between depression and BMI in young men and women. Other factors that contribute to weight gain should also be taken into consideration. There was a positive association between obesity and the risk of body dissatisfaction and low self-esteem among adults.