(Tuesday, April 26, HealthDay News) - severely obese adolescents are more likely to be depressed that their normal weight peers, suggests new research.
"People assume that all obese adolescents are unhappy and depressed;" that the more obese a teen may be, like the impact on his mental health, "study author Dr. Elizabeth Goodman, Director of the Centre for the child and the Adolescent Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, said in a press release from the hospital." "Our results suggest that this hypothesis is false."
White teens, however, can with a little higher risk, according to the study of.
The researchers followed by obese adolescents severely 51 grades 7 - 12 and a similar group of non-obese adolescents compared. Obese adolescents had an index of BMI of 40 or greater, which is considered as severely obese and in the top 1 per cent of their age group.
Adolescents were evaluated for depression at the beginning of the study and again two and three years later.
Researchers have not found any link between obesity and depression, although there were signs of a connection to the white teenager in the third year.
"As clinicians, we treat the whole person, body and spirit, and we cannot assume that weight loss will improve the mental health of our patients or that negative feelings run hand in hand with obesity", "says Goodman." "" The size of the body seems to have a greater impact on the feelings of non-Hispanic white adolescents than non-Hispanic black teenagers. We should be particularly vigilant on the assessment of depression during regular visits among this group. ?
The study was recently published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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To learn more about obesity in children, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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