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obesity, depression and behavioral disorders have all been linked to abnormal functioning of the HPA axis,"says Mustillo. While social factors such as teasing and isolation may contribute to depressed mood in kids who are obese,Mustill believes the problem is much more complex.
"It's probably a combination of the social and biological factors,"she says,noting that "there's an interaction between what's outside your body and what's inside." Obesity carries a large social stigma and may bring on depression if it negatively affects self-esteem, body image or social mobility. it may even disrupt the normal hormonal pathways. Then again, depression may also bring on obesity, If a child lacks the energy to exercise or is immobilized by stress.
about 15% of the children Mustillo studied were chronically obese, while another 12% were obese at some point in childhood or adolescence. She believes the obesity epidemic among children is actually three to four times wores than has been characterized by the U.S. centers for Disease Control.
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