Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis

Sutaria, Shailen; Devakumar, Delan; Yasuda, Sílvia Shikanai; Das, Shikta; Saxena, Sonia

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-314608

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“…In the United States, 8.9% specifically have obesity . Overweight and obesity in childhood increase the risk for numerous physical and psychosocial problems during childhood, , including non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, and depression . Additionally, excess weight gain during the preschool years may specifically impact lifelong health: Children with overweight by the age of 5 years face a four to five times increased risk of having overweight as adolescents and an increased risk of having obesity as adults .…”

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Fast food intake and excess weight gain over a 1‐year period among preschool‐age children

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Summary Background Fast food is cross‐sectionally associated with having overweight and obesity in young children. Objectives To examine whether fast food intake independently contributes to the development of overweight and obesity among preschool‐age children. Methods Prospective cohort of 3‐ to 5‐year‐old children (n = 541) followed for 1 year. Children's height and weight were objectively measured at baseline and study end. Parents reported their child's fast food intake frequency in the past week from 11 chain fast food restaurants in six online follow‐up surveys, completed approximately 8 weeks apart. Poisson regression with robust standard errors modelled the risk of a child increasing in weight status (ie, transitioning from a having a healthy weight to having overweight or from having overweight to having obesity) over the study period in relation to their average weekly fast food intake, adjusted for sociodemographics, child obesogenic behaviours, and parent weight status. Results At baseline, 18.1% of children had overweight and 9.8% had obesity; 8.1% of children transitioned to a greater weight status over the 1‐year period. Mean fast food intake frequency among consumers was 2.1 (SD: 1.4) times per week. The risk of increasing in weight status increased linearly with each additional time fast food was consumed in an average week over the study year (RR: 1.38; 95% CI, 1.13‐1.67; P < .01). Conclusions Greater fast food intake over 1 year was associated with increasing weight status during that time in this preschool‐age cohort.

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Fast food intake and excess weight gain over a 1‐year period among preschool‐age children

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“…Recent reports have shown that obese children tend to develop not only future lifestyle-related diseases, such as cardiovascular, metabolic and kidney diseases (Costa-Correia et al 2018), but also present childhood diseases, such as asthma (Lang et al 2018). Further, studies have reported the existence of a strong association between obesity and persistent high risk for depression in female children (Sutaria et al 2019). Thus, childhood overweight or obesity is one of the many possible triggers for the onset of various modern lifestyle-related diseases, with this relationship being greater than previously expected (GBD 2015 Obesity Collaborators 2017).…”

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Overweight Children at a Primary School in Hirosaki City: A Longitudinal, Individualized, Observational Study

Tanaka

2019

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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The 2015 Annual report on growth velocity and physiologic status in schoolchildren revealed that the overweight incidence among fifth grade primary school in Aomori Prefecture was higher than the countrywide average. As a pilot study, overweight fifth grade (age, 10 years) children attending the attached primary school of Hirosaki University, Faculty of Education, were recruited in 2016, after which 6-year longitudinal change in physiological status between the first (age, 6 years) and sixth grades (age, 11 years) were evaluated using somatometric data obtained from the annual health checkup conducted each Spring. Of the 80 fifth graders recruited, none of whom had any underlying diseases affecting physiologic status, 6 (7.5%, 3 boys and 3 girls) were deemed overweight. Subsequently, 20 non-overweight children (10 boys and 10 girls) of the same grade were randomly selected for comparison. We used percent degree of overweight (%DO) for evaluating overweight instead of body mass index. Accordingly, compared with controls, overweight children already exhibited significantly greater weight and %DO at the first grade. Moreover, those who remained being overweight by the fourth grade showed %DO that tended to persist thereafter. Most overweight children exhibited increased annual velocity in %DO between the first and third grades. Overweight children showed varied fluctuations in %DO status throughout 6 years of primary school, whereas non-overweight children showed almost stable %DO within the normal range. The present study indicates the importance of early and sustained health education, particularly during the period before primary school entry until at least before fourth grade.

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“…11 Another strong evidence revealed that female children with obesity have significantly higher probabilities of depression as compared with normal-weight female children until adulthood. 12 By contrast, another review concluded that a higher BMI is not associated with depressive symptoms in early adolescence. 13…”

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Obesity is associated with depression in Malaysian schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study

2020

Makara J Health Res

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Background: Overweight and obesity, which may lead to depression, have become prevalent among children worldwide. Hence, this study aimed to measure obesity and depression among schoolchildren in Kuantan. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in three different primary schools in Kuantan by purposive sampling. With consent from their parents/guardians, participants were given a self-administered questionnaire. Demographics and anthropometric measurement data were self-reported on the basis of the school records. Furthermore, body mass index was calculated. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0, and chi-square and correlation tests were conducted for the variables. Results: Among the 300 schoolchildren who responded, 14.3% were underweight, 37.7% were normal, 11% were overweight, and 37% were obese. Statistically, obesity and ethnicity, as well as obesity and sex, were not associated. Conversely, obesity and age, as well as obesity and depression, were significantly associated. Conclusion: Depression is associated with obesity among schoolchildren. Hence, a special approach for designing and implementing prevention programs is necessary to reduce the risk of obesity-led depression and other forms of comorbidity later in life.

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Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 172 publications

References 44 publications

Fast food intake and excess weight gain over a 1‐year period among preschool‐age children

Fast food intake and excess weight gain over a 1‐year period among preschool‐age children

Overweight Children at a Primary School in Hirosaki City: A Longitudinal, Individualized, Observational Study

Obesity is associated with depression in Malaysian schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study

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