Teenage Girls: Obesity And Depression Linked

A new psychology paper research finds that adolescent females who are either obese or depressed are more likely to develop the other. By assessing a statewide sample of more than 1,500 males and females in Minnesota over a period of more than 10 years, the authors found that depression occurring by early adolescence in females predicts obesity by late adolescence. Meanwhile, obesity that occurs by late adolescence in females predicts the onset of depression by early adulthood. No significant associations between the two disorders across time were found in males during the study. read more

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