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Depression leads to obesity, but the reverse is not true.
2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Depressed adolescents were significantly more likely to be come obese, according to a report in Pediatrics.
"Adolescent obesity is a strong predictor of adult obesity, and adult obesity has been associated with depression, especially in women," said Elizabeth Goodman and Robert C. Whitaker at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. "Studies have also suggested an association between depression in adolescence and higher body mass index in adulthood. Whether depression leads to obesity or obesity causes depression is unclear."
Goodman and Whitaker assessed body mass index (BMI), psychological characteristics, and socioeconomic factors of 9374 adolescents in 7th through 12th grades at baseline and again 1 year later.
Measurements taken at baseline revealed that 9.7% of the adolescents were obese (BMI greater than or equal to 95th percentile) and 12.9% were overweight (85th percentile less than or equal to BMI
At the 1-year follow-up, 9.7% of the adolescents were obese; 79.6% had been obese at baseline, 18.6% had been overweight, and 1.8% had been normal weight. Adolescents who were depressed at baseline were over two times more likely than the nondepressed to be obese at follow-up, even after controlling for age, race, sex, parental obesity, number of parents in the home, socioeconomic level, smoking habits, self-esteem, delinquent behavior, and level of physical activity.
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