Childhood overweight and obesity and the risk of depression across the lifespan

• Main Authors: Deborah Gibson-Smith (Author), Thorhallur I. Halldorsson (Author), Mariska Bot (Author), Ingeborg A. Brouwer (Author), Marjolein Visser (Author), Inga Thorsdottir (Author), Bryndis E. Birgisdottir (Author), Vilmundur Gudnason (Author), Gudny Eiriksdottir (Author), Lenore J. Launer (Author), Tamara B. Harris (Author), Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity has been longitudinally associated with depression but only few studies take a life course approach. This longitudinal study investigates whether being overweight or obese at age 8 and 13 years is associated with depressive symptoms more than 60 years later and whether th...