Increased waist circumference is associated with an increased prevalence of mood disorders and depressive symptoms in obese women

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Moreira, Rodrigo O ^a,b,c   Marca, K F ^a,b   Appolinario, J C ^a,b   Coutinho, W F ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Estadual de Diabetes e Endocrinologia Luiz Capriglione   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Depressive symptoms; Mood disorders; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33947721176     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327770     Document Type: Article

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