Research on Mental Sub-health of Chinese Han Adolescents with Different Nutritional Statuses

  • Huipan Wu
  • , Xiaojian Yin*
  • , Xiaojiang Chai
  • , Yuqiang Li
  • , Guodong Wang
  • , Xiaofang Yang
  • , Yi Sun
  • , Sien Ren
  • , Cunjian Bi
  • , Ming Li
  • , Yuan Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective: Explore the mental sub-health of Chinese Han adolescents with different nutritional statuses. Method: In all, 8457 Han adolescents were selected by random case method, and were conducted mental sub-health test by Multidimensional Sub-health Questionnaire of Adolescents (MSQA). Result: Detection rates of mental sub-health state among Chinese junior high school students with wasting, normal weight, overweight and obesity were 25.9%, 22.2%, 25.3% and 30.7%, and the detection rates of mental sub-health symptoms were 35.1%, 35.9%, 37.5% and 39.0% respectively. Detection rates of mental sub-health state among senior high school students were 20.5%, 17.7%, 22.8% and 21.8%, and the detection rates of mental sub-health symptoms were 34.7%, 31.4%, 31.1% and 42.3% respectively, and the comparison between different groups has statistical significance. Conclusion: Obesity group has the most obvious mental sub-health, and then the overweight, wasting and normal weight group in sequence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-318
Number of pages6
JournalAnnales Medico-Psychologiques
Volume177
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adolescents
  • China
  • Food
  • Mental health
  • Obesity

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