Examining Mental Health Disorders in Overweight and Obese Pediatric Patients

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Bice, Anka Roberto, Christopher R. Prentice This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1554253/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 31 Oct, 2022 Read the published version in Journal of Pediatric Health Care → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Introduction: We investigated the frequency and variation in three mental health diagnoses among obese or overweight children and adolescents. Methods: Logistic regression was used to examine the association between each of the outcome variables – anxiety, depressive, and adjustment disorders – with the following covariates: overweight/obesity status, sex, age, and race. Results: Findings show anxiety, depressive, and adjustment disorder diagnoses were significantly higher for overweight or obese youth in our sample. Additionally, diagnosis rates for one or more of these disorders increase as children grow into adolescence. Further, we found significantly higher rates of depression and significantly lower rates of anxiety among youth who live in places with higher rates of poverty. Discussion: Findings indicate a target age for providers to focus on mental health screening among overweight/obese patients: (a) early adolescence (11-14 years old) for depression and adjustment disorder, and (b) early childhood (2-4 years old) for anxiety disorder. childhood adolescence pediatric obesity electronic health records mental health disorders Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 31 Oct, 2022 Read the published version in Journal of Pediatric Health Care → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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