A polygenic score for body mass index is associated with depressive symptoms via early life stress: Evidence for gene-environment correlation - Avinun R, Hariri AR.

Increasing childhood obesity rates are associated with not only adverse physical, but also mental health outcomes, including depression. These negative outcomes may be caused and/or exacerbated by the bullying and shaming overweight individuals experience....
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news