title: Emotional psychopathology and increased adiposity: follow-up study in adolescents.
abstract: Based on data from a three-year longitudinal study, we assess the effect, according to gender, of emotional psychopathology in preadolescence on anthropometric and body composition parameters in adolescence (N = 229). Psychopathology was assessed using the Screen for Childhood Anxiety and Related Emotional Disorders, the Children's Depression Inventory and the MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Kids. Body fat percentage (%BF), waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) were also determined. Following analysis with adjusted multiple regression models, the results indicated that symptoms of depression and separation anxiety were significantly associated with increased WC and BMI in boys, and that somatic symptoms were associated with increased WC and %BF in girls. Diagnosis of social phobia, panic disorder or dysthymia led to significantly increased WC and/or BMI in boys and dysthymia increased WC in girls. These findings suggest that emotional psychopathology in preadolescence is associated with increased weight gain and abdominal fat in adolescence.
authors: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nutrition and Mental Health Research Group (NUTRISAM), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Reus, Spain.
authors: Estefania
authors: E
authors: Aparicio
authors: Josefa
authors: J
authors: Canals
authors: Núria
authors: N
authors: Voltas
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Hernández-Martínez
authors: Victoria
authors: V
authors: Arija
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D001823:Body Composition; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055105:Waist Circumference