@article{Martínez Soto_Montes de Oca Reséndiz_Blanco Castillo_Villarreal Ríos_2023, title={Association between obesity and depression symptoms in adolescents in Queretaro, Mexico}, volume={40}, url={https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/2489}, DOI={10.35663/amp.2023.401.2489}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To identify the association between obesity and depression symptoms in adolescents attended in a family health center. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> An observational, cross-sectional, comparative study of Mexican adolescents aged 10 to 19 years integrated two comparison groups, adolescents with obesity and without obesity. The sample size was 97 adolescents per group, non-probabilistic sampling per quota was used. Depression was evaluated with the revised version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies (CESD-R) Depression Scale. The statistical analysis included averages, percentages, standard deviations, chi square test, odds ratio (OR), and confidence intervals for OR. <strong>Results:</strong> In the group of adolescents with obesity 48,5% presented depressive symptoms and in the group of adolescents without obesity 33% also presented depressive symptoms (p=0,02), RM was 1,90 (95%CI; 1,06-3,41). <strong>Conclusions:</strong> We found an association between obesity and depression symptoms in adolescents.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={ACTA MEDICA PERUANA}, author={Martínez Soto, Ignacio and Montes de Oca Reséndiz, Luis Abraham and Blanco Castillo, Leticia and Villarreal Ríos, Enrique}, year={2023}, month={May} }