ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2024
Understanding the bidirectional association between obesity and risk of psychological distress and depression in young adults in the US: available evidence, knowledge gaps, and future directions.
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- Obesity Pharmacotherapy: An Urgent Need for Progressing Science, Access, and Equity-JACC: Advances Expert Panel.JACC. Advances · 2026Review
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- Infant social withdrawal and rapid infant weight gain.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- The Gender Differences of Mediating Effect of Body Mass Index Between Perceived Control and Depressive Symptoms in Korean Workers.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- 2-Pentadecyl-2-oxazoline alleviates anxiety-like behaviour and modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis in obese mice.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Obesity and Depression.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Central obesity and its association with youth physical and mental health: evidence from the Australian National Health Survey.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Early life environment moderates association of body composition and internalizing problems in adolescence.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- 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 Assessment of Altered Eating Behaviors in People with Obesity Using the EBA-O Questionnaire.Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
While the physical health effects of obesity are well-characterized, an emerging branch of research has shown that obesity additionally plays a critical role in one's mental health. Young adults, in a pivotal transition phase in their lives, may be particularly prone to the concurrent effects of obesity and adverse mental health outcomes. The purpose of this review is to comprehensively examine existing data regarding the connection between obesity and two widely validated measures of mental health: psychological distress and depression. The connection between mental health outcomes and obesity is mediated by a complex interplay between biological and sociocultural factors, which is explored in this review with particular focus on younger adults aged 20-39. Further, the impact of several demographic factors including race/ethnicity, gender, and immigration status are examined closely. To our knowledge, this review is one of the first efforts to integrate existing knowledge between obesity and mental health, with particular regard for young adults and the impact of other key sociodemographic characteristics. This review has important implications at the interface of two of the most pressing public health crises in the United States.
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