Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, per study of middle-aged and older adults which adjusted for lifestyle and demographic factors

Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, per study of middle-aged and older adults which adjusted for lifestyle and demographic factors Credit: Teona Smith, Pexels, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, per study of middle-aged and older adults which adjusted for lifestyle […]

Mar 6, 2024 - 18:00
Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, per study of middle-aged and older adults which adjusted for lifestyle and demographic factors

Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, per study of middle-aged and older adults which adjusted for lifestyle and demographic factors

Associations between adiposity measures and depression and well-being scores: A cross-sectional analysis of middle- to older-aged adults

Credit: Teona Smith, Pexels, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, per study of middle-aged and older adults which adjusted for lifestyle and demographic factors

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299029

Article Title: Associations between adiposity measures and depression and well-being scores: A cross-sectional analysis of middle- to older-aged adults

Author Countries: Ireland

Funding: This research was funded by the Irish Health Research Board, grant number: HRC/2007/13. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.


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