The relationships between body weight, appetite, depression, and anxiety: Findings from the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN).
Vadym Zhyrov, April Gorman, Rachel A Walker, Holli Slater, Emine Rabia Ayvaci, Shane A Snyder, Lynnel C Goodman, Emma Ableman, Abu Minhajuddin, Joshua S Elmore, Yasmin AlZubi, Kendall N Drummond, Denise Baughn, Sarah M Wakefield, Madhukar H Trivedi
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Abstract
This study explored the association between body mass index (BMI), weight and appetite change, the severity of depression and anxiety, and related physical symptoms in youth seeking treatment for depression and/or suicidality. Youth completed self-report surveys and were categorized by BMI into healthy weight, overweight, and obese groups. Findings demonstrated overweight and obese participants were more likely to come from low-income households. Obese youth were more likely to report recent increases in appetite compared to healthy and overweight youth and in perceived weight compared to healthy weight youth. Obese youth had worse depression severity than overweight youth and worse physical function compared to healthy and overweight youth. Appetite and perceived weight changes were generally associated with worse clinical symptoms, with appetite more consistently associated with poorer presentations. These findings suggest high BMI, particularly within the obese range, is of concern for depressed youth, potentially putting them at risk for poorer clinical characteristics.
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Health Psychology Open (HPO) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in health psychology from around the world. HPO seeks to provide a platform for both traditional empirical analyses and more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches to health psychology. All areas of health psychology are covered, but these topics are of particular interest: Clinical health psychology Critical health psychology Community health psychology Health psychology practice Health psychology through a social, cultural or regional lens The journal particularly favours papers that focus on health psychology in practice, including submissions concerning community and/or clinical applications and interventions. Review articles are also welcomed. There is no fixed limit to the length of manuscripts, which is normally strictly limited in other journals, for example HPO’s sister journal, Journal of Health Psychology (JHP). Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.