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Depression, Cortisol Reactivity, and Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence
Journal of Adolescent Health
Vol. 45Issue 4p344–350Published online: August 3, 2009
- Samantha Dockray
- Elizabeth J. Susman
- Lorah D. Dorn
Cited in Scopus: 125
Depression in childhood is associated with higher body mass index (BMI), a relative measure of overweight, and overweight is associated with cortisol reactivity, indexed by heightened secretion of cortisol in response to a stressor. The current study uses a mediation model to examine the associations between symptoms of depression, cortisol reactivity and BMI in a cross-sectional study.