Introduction: Depression is a mental state disorder that affects a good number of people around the world and that, along with anxiety, is a wide-reaching problem that can strike patients after undergoing heart surgery. Objective: To determine the levels of depression and anxiety, and their relationship with overweight and obesity, in patients attending cardiac rehabilitation phases I and II. Method: Fifty patients receiving cardiac rehabilitation (25 in phase I and 25 in phase II) were selected. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale