Exploring the association between childhood and adolescent obesity and depression: a meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 742-754

  Quek, Ying Hui ^a   Tam, Wilson W S ^a   Zhang, Melvyn W B ^b   Ho, Roger C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Childhood; depression; meta analysis; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT OBESITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85017429270     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12535     Document Type: Review

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