title: Shared risk factors for mood-, eating-, and weight-related health outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Given the overlap among depressive symptoms, disordered eating, and overweight, identifying shared risk factors for these conditions may inform public health interventions. This study aimed to examine cross-sectional and prospective relationships among these 3 conditions, and identify potential shared eating-related and psychosocial variable risk factors (i.e., body dissatisfaction, dieting, teasing experiences).
  
  
  METHODS
  A population-based sample (n = 1,902) self-reported depressive symptoms, disordered eating (binge eating, extreme weight control behaviors), weight status, and several putative risk factors (body satisfaction, dieting frequency, weight-related teasing) at 5-year intervals spanning early/middle adolescence, middle adolescence/early young adulthood, and early/middle young adulthood.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was moderate overlap among depressive symptoms, disordered eating, and overweight at each time point, and moderate stability in each condition over time. Body dissatisfaction and dieting were the most potent shared risk factors for later depressive symptoms, disordered eating, and overweight among males and females (ps < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depressive symptoms, disordered eating, and overweight share several risk factors, including dieting and body dissatisfaction, which may be effective targets for interventions aiming to simultaneously prevent these 3 conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago.
authors.forename: Andrea B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University.
authors.forename: Tse-Hwei J
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Trinity University.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult