ArticleJournal of affective disorders2015
Does major depression affect risk for adolescent obesity?
Article in Journal of affective disorders, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- The longitudinal impact of individual and parental emotional factors and individual behavioral factors on weight and disordered eating: A scoping review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Obesity and Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence: A Scoping Review of Recent Scientific Evidence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association among obesity, insulin resistance, and depressive symptoms: a mediation analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Sleep quality mediates the effect of medical social support on depression symptoms in patients with HIV/AIDS.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in Suicide Attempts: A Cross-Sectional Study in Patients with First-Episode and Drug-Naïve Major Depression Disorder.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Depressive Symptoms, Quality of Life and miRNAs 8 Years after Bariatric Surgery.Nutrients · 2023Article
- 'Not to Be Harsh but Try Less to Relate to 'the Teens' and You'll Relate to Them More': Co-Designing Obesity Prevention Text Messages with Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The brain-adipocyte-gut network: Linking obesity and depression subtypes.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2018Review
- Obesity and the onset of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in China: evidence from the CHARLS.BMC public health · 2018Article
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objectiveThe purpose of this paper is to reexamine the association between major depression and obesity in adolescents, testing the hypothesis that body image mediates this association. This is the first paper to examine this question using DSM-IV diagnosis of depression and data from a two-wave cohort of adolescents.
methodsParticipants were 4175 youths 11-17 years of age sampled from the community who were followed up a year later (n=3134). Major depression was assessed using DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Body image was measured with perceived weight. Obesity was defined as BMI ≥95th percentile using measured height and weight.
resultsWhen we examined a model which included obesity, perceived weight, major depression and covariates, there was no association between major depression at baseline and obesity at follow-up. We found no independent association between major depression and body weight. LIMITATIONS: The study was limited in that it is not a national sample, BMI was the only measure of adiposity, perceived weight was the only measure of body image, and there were no data on lifetime trajectories of depression, obesity, or body image.
conclusionsIf there is an etiologic link between major depression and body weight among adolescents, it most likely operates through processes involving components of body image, since controlling for body image eliminated the association between depression and obesity. Clinically, addressing body image in depressed patients who are obese may improve outcomes.
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