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Obesity and its association with mental health among Mexican children and adolescents: systematic review.
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- Multilevel Nutrition Interventions for Obesity Prevention Among Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Obesity and Its Association With Micronutrient Deficiency Among Mexican Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Socioeconomic determinants of overweight and obesity among Mexican children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Depression meets obesity: Co-occurrence patterns, temporal trends and socioeconomic correlates across 199 countries and territories.General psychiatry · 2026Article
- Effects of low-carbohydrate, high-nutrient-density diet combined with aerobic exercise on mental health and glycolipid metabolism in obese children and adolescents.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The Impact of Air Pollution and Obesity on Cognitive Decline and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics (EOSS-P) in Mexican Children and Adolescents Living with Obesity: Beyond BMI Obesity Classes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Weight of Emotions: Childhood Obesity and Psychosocial Well-Being in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Eating Disorder Risk Among Adolescents: The Influence of Dietary Patterns, Physical Activity, and BMI.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Effects of lifestyle interventions on mental health in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Investigating the causal effects of childhood and adulthood adiposity on later life mental health outcome: a Mendelian randomization study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Do mental wellbeing and emotional eating influence BMI similarly or differently? Evidence from a sample of Peruvian adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The combined effect of dietary live microbe intake and physical activity on overweight or obesity in children and adolescents aged 2-17 years: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Changes in health-related quality of life and sleep habits after a 6-month non-randomised cluster-controlled trial among children with overweight or obesity.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Association between weight, weight perception, weight teasing and mental health among adolescents.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
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Abstract
contextObesity and mental health issues increasingly affect children and adolescents, but whether obesity is a risk factor for mental health issues is unclear.
objectiveTo systematically review the association between obesity and mental health issues (ie, anxiety and/or depression) among Mexican children and adolescents. DATA SOURCING, EXTRACTION, AND SYNTHESIS: A literature search of 13 databases and 1 search engine was conducted. Population, exposure, comparison, outcomes, and study design data were extracted, analyzed, and narratively synthesized. The JBI critical appraisal tool was used to evaluate evidence quality.
resultsA total of 16 studies with 12 103 participants between 8 and 18 years old were included. Four studies focused on anxiety outcomes, 10 on depression, and 2 on both (ie, anxiety and depression). Evidence is unclear about the association of obesity with anxiety. However, most evidence shows that Mexican children and adolescents with overweight or obesity are more likely to have depression or report a higher number of depressive symptoms than normal-weight participants. Such likelihood is greater for females.
conclusionHealth promotion interventions to treat or prevent obesity could also consider mental health outcomes. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration no. CRD42019154132.
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