Citation
Bandiera, Frank; Christ, Sharon L.; Goodman, Elizabeth; Lee, David; Huang, Shi; & Fleming, Lora (2010). Gender and racial/ethnic differences in the longitudinal association between obesity and depressive symptoms. 2010 Add Health Users Conference. Bethesda, MD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center.Abstract
This study assessed gender and racial/ethnic differences in the longitudinal association between obesity and depressive symptoms. Prospective cohort design from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health (Add Health) from Waves I-IV was used. Obesity (kg/m2) and depressive symptoms as measured by a shortened 9-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale were the main variables in this study. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test a bi-directional association between obesity and depressive symptoms over time. Among females followed over their adolescence, obesity predicted depressive symptoms for non-Hispanics and Hispanics; while depressive symptoms predicted obesity for non-Hispanic Blacks. Among males, there were no significant associations between obesity and depressive symptoms for non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks; however, depressive symptoms predicted obesity among Hispanics. Results from this study support a bi-directional association between obesity and depressive symptoms, which differed by gender and race/ethnicity subpopulations.URL
https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/docs/news/FINAL%202010%20Add%20Health%20Users%20Conference%20Abstracts.pdfKeyword(s)
Obesity Depression Mental healthReference Type
Conference proceedingBook Title
2010 Add Health Users ConferenceAuthor(s)
Bandiera, FrankChrist, Sharon L.
Goodman, Elizabeth
Lee, David
Huang, Shi
Fleming, Lora