Does obesity really protect against psychological distress? Examining the 'fat-jolly' versus 'fat-sad' hypotheses using Mendelian randomization

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 269, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-520

  Kivimaki M ^a   Jokela, M ^b   Batty, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSITY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954842536     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02357.x     Document Type: Editorial

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