Body mass index and its relationship to mental disorders in the Mexican Adolescent Mental Health Survey Índice de masa corporal y su relación con los trastornos mentales en la Encuesta de Salud Mental en Adolescentes de México

• Main Authors: Guilherme Borges (Author), Corina Benjet (Author), Maria Elena Medina-Mora (Author), Matthew Miller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Mexico City adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Household survey of 3005 adolescents aged 12 to 17 residing in Mexico City in 2005 (response rate = 71%). Face to face interviews were c...