Association of Adiposity and Mental Health Functioning across the Lifespan: Findings from Understanding Society (The UK Household Longitudinal Study).

BACKGROUND:Evidence on the adiposity-mental health associations is mixed, with studies finding positive, negative or no associations, and less is known about how these associations may vary by age. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of adiposity -body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and...

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Main Authors: Apostolos Davillas, Michaela Benzeval, Meena Kumari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4744034?pdf=render