1 in 5 female adolescents who were overweight and obese had a past year major depressive episode

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This spotlight uses 2013 to 2015 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine the association between weight and depression among adolescents aged 12 to 17 by gender.

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21 Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/1-5-female-adolescents-who-were-overweight-and-obese-had-past-year-major-depressive-episode

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  • adolescent-depression
  • obesity-depression
  • nsduh-data
  • female-adolescents
  • samhsa

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