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Perceived rather than actual overweight is associated with mental health problems in adolescence
Engelsk titel: Perceived rather than actual overweight is associated with mental health problems in adolescence Läs online Författare: Lankinen, Vilma ; Fröjd, Sari ; Marttunen, Mauri ; Kaltiala-Heino, Riittakerttu Språk: Eng Antal referenser: 72 Dokumenttyp: Artikel UI-nummer: 18040119

Tidskrift

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 2018;72(2)89-96 ISSN 0803-9488 E-ISSN 1502-4725 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

Background: Overweight and perceived overweight are common among adolescents. The nature of the relationship between overweight/perceived overweight and mental health problems is still unclear. Aims: The aim of this study was to examine whether actual overweight, perceived overweight or both are associated with internalizing and externalizing disorders among adolescents. Methods: Data were collected by two similar school surveys in all Finnish-speaking secondary schools in Tampere (population 200,000) in the academic years 2002–2003 and 2012–2013. A total of 2775 acceptable responses were received. All the analyses were carried out separately for girls and boys. Mean age of the respondents was 15.6 years. Results: In multivariate analyses perceived overweight, not actual weight, was significantly associated with higher risk of self-reported depression (OR: 4.3, 95% CI: 2.9–6.3, p < .001) and self-reported conduct disorder (OR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.6–3.3, p < .001) in girls and with higher risk of self-reported depression (OR: 3.26, 95% CI: 1.65–6.4, p = .001) and self-reported social phobia (OR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.0–5.6, p = .05) in boys. Conclusion: Perceived overweight rather than actual weight status is associated with both internalizing and externalizing mental health problems in adolescents.