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- Title
Weight Status, Psychological Health, Suicidal Thoughts, and Suicide Attempts in Dutch Adolescents: Results From the 2003 E-MOVO Project.
- Authors
Van Wijnen, Lisa G. C.; Boluijt, Petra R.; Hoeven-Mulder, Henriette B.; Bemelmans, Wanda J. E.; Wendel-Vos, G. C. Wanda
- Abstract
This study describes the association between weight status and psychological health, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts in adolescents from a population-based study of 21,730 adolescents who responded to a classroom-based internet questionnaire. It demonstrated clear associations between weight status in adolescents and poor psychological health, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, especially in obese individuals. Obese boys and girls were more likely to be classified as “psychologically unhealthy” than were normal weight subjects. They also reported more suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts.
- Subjects
SUICIDAL behavior; OBESITY &; psychology; OVERWEIGHT persons; ADOLESCENT obesity; ADOLESCENT psychology
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2010, Vol 18, Issue 5, p1059
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2009.334