Changes in Body Mass Index and the Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms Among Rural Men and Women

Abstract

Our findings hold important public health implications given the increasing rates of overweight and obesity over the past couple of decades, particularly among rural adults.

Macro- and individual-level influence factors of depression: multilevel cross-provinces comparison in China

“…The results of this study demonstrated that the respondents with lower BMI reported higher depression scores. Although many studies suggested that overweight or obesity is a risk factor for depression [51][52][53], our study results was consistent with one study based on population of China [54]. We found that the studies based on European and American sample population all reported the positive relationship between BMI and depression, but a few studies were reported in China.…”

Population Health Management Telehealth Intervention Medical Research Treating Comorbid Clinical Obesity and Depression in Geriatric Patients Part One: Review of Tele-Medicine Scientific Research

“…Clinical obesity, one of the major causes of preventable disease and one of the largest epidemics facing patients today, has more than doubled in the last three decades Chang et al [2], Preiss et al [3]. This information is disconcerting and it is vital that healthcare professionals demonstrate healthy behaviors while counseling clinically obese and overweight depressed patients to become physically active though behavioral health, lifestyle medicine, and population health interventions.…”

“…It is well documented that multiple obesity-depression co-variations occur across populations [2,[6][7][8]. A 2017 study by Pereira-Miranda, Costa, Queiroz, Pereira-Santos, and Santana, published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition reports that patients with obesity were 32% more likely to have depression compared to those who were eutrophic (patients within the normal BMI range).…”

“…Depression is generally defined as a commonly occurring serious mental state, linked to diminished role functioning, quality of life, medical morbidity, and mortality characterized by a despondent lack of activity and pessimistic sense of inadequacy Kessler & Bromet [14], Princeton University Word Net [15]. Recent population-based studies support a new definition of the term metabolic depression; this is represented by prolonged depression in direct correlation with obesity [2,8].…”

“…Population health based epidemiologic studies have consistently shown a bidirectional relationship between obesity and depression [1][2][3][4]. This Comorbidity is an area of population health management (PHM) in high need of Behavioral Health Consultant -Doctor of Behavioral Health (BHC-DBH) intervention.…”