Weight changes and the incidence of depressive symptom in the middle-aged and older adults: findings from the Chinese nationwide cohort study

• Main Authors: Lin Zhang (Author), Jin-long Li (Author), Lei-lei Guo (Author), Guang Xu (Author), Liu Yang (Author), Congzhi Wang (Author), Ting Yuan (Author), Dongmei Zhang (Author), Jing Li (Author), Yunxiao Lei (Author), Lu Sun (Author), Xiaoping Li (Author), Ying Hua (Author), Hengying Che (Author), Haiyang Liu (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Previous studies, predominantly in Western individuals, have reported weight gain or weight loss are related to the increased depressive symptoms at all ages, but no study of depressive symptoms has examined its relation to actual (not just self-reported) weight changes in the mi...