Mental health and BMI in children and adolescents during one year in obesity treatment
Katrine Decker Iversen,
Trine Pagh Pedersen,
Mette Rasmussen
et al.
Abstract:Background
Mental health plays a major role in children and adolescents with obesity. The aim of this study was (1) to compare mental health in children with obesity with the background population and (2) to investigate if mental health changed during one year in an obesity treatment program.
Methods
Data on self-reported mental health was collected in 107 children and adolescents (mean age 13.2 years) with obesity at first visit in an obesity trea… Show more
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