The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine (대한한방소아과학회지)

The Association of Korean Oriental Pediatrics (대한한방소아과학회)
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The Realationships between Obesity and Life Style, Depression Trends in Middle School Students

중학생에서 비만과 생활습관, 우울 성향의 상관관계

  • Cho, Sung-Min (Department of Oriental Pediatrics, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Chang, Gyu-Tae (Department of Oriental Pediatrics, East West Neo Medical Center, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Kim, Deog-Gon (Department of Oriental Pediatrics, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyunghee University)
  • 조성민 (경희대학교 한방병원 한방소아과) ;
  • 장규태 (경희대학교 동서신의학병원 한방소아과) ;
  • 김덕곤 (경희대학교 한방병원 한방소아과)
  • Published : 2007.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives The relationships between adolescent depression and obesity, life style has been reported, but usually study results were not consistent with the study before. This study was designed to evaluate clear relationship between obesity and depressive trends, life styles in middle school students. Methods The study participants were the 1th, 2th grade students from one middle school in Kang dong Gu, Seoul(479 Students). The participants were measured their height and weight, and they were also surveyed by questionnaire. We diagnosed the students as depressives when they scored 10 points or above on Children's Depression Inventory(CDI) of Kovacs and Beck. Results The mean depression score in the obese group was significantly higher than that of the normal body weight group, and the more severely obese the group was, the higher the depression scores for this group were. The depression score of the boys obese group was higher than the girls obese group. The depression score was significantly higher in the obese group of people who hate to do exercising, like computer games and like watching TV instead, than in the group of people who like to do exercising and don't play computer games. Conclusions This study showed that depressive mood during adolescent was related to obesity and obesity-related lifestyles.

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