Weight status, psychological health, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts in Dutch adolescents: results from the 2003 E-MOVO project.
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.
van Wijnen
Lisa G C
LG
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Boluijt
Petra R
PR
Hoeven-Mulder
Henriette B
HB
Bemelmans
Wanda J E
WJ
Wendel-Vos
G C Wanda
GC
D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009426:Netherlands; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires