Depression in adolescent obesity: Cultural moderators of the association between obesity and depressive symptoms

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 634-643

  Wardle, J ^a   Williamson, S ^a,b   Johnson, F ^a,c   Edwards, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Depression; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645464070     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803142     Document Type: Article

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