Almost one out of ten children with obesity were found with depression. Compared with normal-weight children, children with obesity were 32% more likely to have depression (OR 1.32, 95% CI: 1.17 to 1.50). Girls with obesity were 44% more likely to have depression (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.20 to 1.72) than normal-weight girls.
“Blue spaces provide us with distractions that take our mind away from the day-to-day hassles of life,”
Adolescents experiencing one or two adverse events were more than twice as likely to report poor mental health and nearly six times more likely to report a recent suicide attempt compared with those who did not experience any adverse events.
University students are at a high risk of developing mental health problems, are less likely to seek help, and even if they do they face challenges due to the lack of available support. A more recent 2022 report found that as many as four in five students are impacted by mental health.