Factors associated with depression and anxiety symptoms among children seeking treatment for obesity: A social-ecological approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with overweight/obesity are more likely to exhibit symptoms of depression and anxiety than are their peers without overweight/obesity; however, the rates and correlates of depression and anxiety symptoms among children seeking obesity treatment remain unclear.

Objectives

Examine the prevalence and associated factors of depression and anxiety symptoms among treatment-seeking children with overweight/obesity.

Methods

Children 7 to 11 years old (N = 241) and their parents completed assessments before beginning family-based behavioral weight-loss treatment. Disorder-specific self-report questionnaires assessed child depression and anxiety. The social-ecological model served as a framework for examining factors associated with depression and anxiety sym

SUBMITTER: Sheinbein DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7081722 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature