Obesity is gaining ground in Morocco. A phenomenon that could cause other diseases and affect the health of those affected.

This disease is the result of several factors: food, hereditary, physical and also psychological.

To discover the true impact of psychological factors on the appearance of this phenomenon in Moroccan children, our study is based on a survey aimed at primary school children aged between 6 and 12 years in the region of Rabat, Salé, Kenitra les 200 completed questionnaires are processed by the SPSS software which allowed us to note that 52.5% of the obese cases studied always or most of the time feel depressed while the way to manage this depression differs from one child to another.

Index Terms- Childhood obesity, Psychological factors, Depression, Statistical study, Morocco