Obesity and the risk for mental disorders in a representative German adult sample

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-305

  Hach, Isabel ^a,b   Ruhl, Uwe E ^a   Klose, Michael ^a   Klotsche, Jens ^a   Kirch, Wilhelm ^a   Jacobi, Frank ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Obesity; Psychosocial disadvantages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34548438598     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl227     Document Type: Article

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