Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and change in body mass index from adolescence to adulthood: Results from a British birth cohort

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Gaysina, D ^a   Hotopf, M ^b   Richards, M ^a   Colman, I ^c   Kuh, D ^a   Hardy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; affective symptoms; BMI; longitudinal study; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650381431     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710000346     Document Type: Article

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