Severe obesity not seen to increase risk of depression in teens

Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

According to a new study, severely obese adolescents are no more likely to be depressed than normal weight peers. The study did find that white adolescents may be somewhat more vulnerable to psychological effects of obesity.

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