Jolly fat: relation between obesity and psychoneurosis in general population.
- 3 January 1976
- Vol. 1 (6000), 7-9
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.6000.7
Abstract
The relation between fatness and aspects of psychological status was investigated in a representative sample (339 men and 400 women) of a middle-aged suburban population. A significant positive relation was found between substantial obesity and low levels of anxiety (in men and women) and depression (in men).Keywords
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