A prospective study of physical fitness, obesity, and the subsequent risk of mental disorders among healthy young adults in army training

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-48

  Gubata, Marlene E ^a   Urban, Nadia ^a,b   Cowan, David N ^a,b   Niebuhr, David W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Allied Technology Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Obesity; Physical fitness; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84878970590     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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