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

• Egile Nagusiak: Guilherme Borges (Egilea), Corina Benjet (Egilea), Maria Elena Medina-Mora (Egilea), Matthew Miller (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...