title: Depressive symptoms among obese children.
abstract: The authors compare the appearance of depressive symptoms in 30 obese children in outpatient care and 30 normal-weight controls. The Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale showed a significantly higher rate of depression in the obese children (p < 0.01). The results are interpreted in the light of the partially contradictory views in the literature. Reference is also made to the therapeutic aspects of the problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Csábi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tényi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Molnár
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric