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The Association between Obesity and Depression among Children and the Role of Family: A Systematic Review.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Child and Adolescent Health Programs in Obesity and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Association of physical fitness and overweight with mental and behavioural diagnoses in a population-based cohort of 156 202 young men.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Parental estimates of children's weight status: evidence from Serbian children aged 6-9 years.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parallel Pathways, Divergent Outcomes: Adipose Tissue-Neural Crosstalk in Depression and Obesity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Weight of Emotions: Childhood Obesity and Psychosocial Well-Being in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mental distress or psychiatric condition? Exploring the gray area of categorizing psychological suffering among adolescents with obesity: a mixed methods study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Gut-Brain Axis in Obesity: How Dietary Patterns Influence Psychological Well-Being and Metabolic Health?Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Childhood Obesity and Overweight Are Associated with Higher Risk of Depression and Anxiety: A Cross-Sectional Study in Children Aged 6-9 Years.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical outcomes of varying age groups following vertical sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective study using the 2022 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database in the United States.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2025Article
- The role of breastfeeding, antibiotics and antimalarial medicinal exposure in paediatric depression amongst children aged under 5: a population-based study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Investigating the causal effects of childhood and adulthood adiposity on later life mental health outcome: a Mendelian randomization study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Physical activity as a protective factor in the mood of children and adolescents: association with overweight and obesity.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Life-Threatening Respiratory Complications in Two Young Children with Extreme Obesity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Childhood Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Childhood obesity and adolescent follow-up depressive symptoms: exploring a moderated mediation model of body esteem and gender.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Exploring the Link between Oxidative Stress, Selenium Levels, and Obesity in Youth.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Correlation between subcutaneous adipose tissue of the head and body mass index in children and young adults aged 8-19 years: implications for functional neuroimaging.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Preventing diabetes in Latino families: A protocol for a randomized control trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- [The biopsychosocial understanding of health disorders and impairments in children with a focus on developmental neurological relationships].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Review
- Clinical review: Guide to pharmacological management in pediatric obesity medicine.Obesity pillars · 2023Review
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Abstract
One of the most critical factors that affects or leads to obesity is depression. However, another point of view is that obesity leads to depression. This systematic review estimates evidence arising from observational and systematic studies concerning the association between obesity and depression in children and adolescents. Moreover, the role of the family environment is investigated in this review. A systematic literature search was performed for research conducted between 2014 and 2021 on PubMed. The basic inclusion criteria were the language, study issue and type, and age of the participants. Studies that examined non-healthy populations, or were not related, or with no access were excluded. Titles and abstracts were screened independently, and full-text manuscripts meeting inclusion criteria were extracted. Finally, twenty-seven studies were retained. Most of them highlighted a positive association between obesity and depression. However, it is not clear whether obesity leads to depression or vice versa. Our review also revealed that the role of the family in this association has not been well studied and understood, since only one study addressed the issue. The evidence from our review emphasizes major public health issues; therefore, appropriate health policies should be developed. Moreover, additional research is required to fully understand the role of the family environment in the association between depression and obesity in childhood.
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