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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

03.06.24 | PLOS

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

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0299029

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

6-Mar-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Body Mass Index Gender Studies Health and Medicine Health Care Human Health Mental Health Older Adults Population Studies

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0299029
Article Publication Date
2024-03-06
Article Title
Associations between adiposity measures and depression and well-being scores: A cross-sectional analysis of middle- to older-aged adults
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, March 6). 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. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRD36R58/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.html
MLA:
"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." Brightsurf News, Mar. 6 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRD36R58/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.html.