PMID- 32519259 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210525 LR - 20210525 IS - 0973-7693 (Electronic) IS - 0019-5456 (Linking) VI - 88 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Mar TI - Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Body Shape Dissatisfaction in Adolescents with Obesity - A School Based Case Controlled Study. PG - 235-239 LID - 10.1007/s12098-020-03367-z [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To compare the psychiatric co-morbidity and Body image disturbances of obese adolescents with age and gender matched normal weight controls. METHODS: A case control study was conducted in a school in New Delhi. Nine hundred seventy six students were screened for height and weight and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Thirty one consenting obese students as per International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) guidelines and 31 age and gender matched normal weight students were recruited for the study. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to assess socio-demographic details, psychiatric co-morbidity using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview- child and adolescent version (MINI-KID), and body image disturbances by Body Shape Questionnaire- the 8 items shorter version (BSQ-8C). The authors examined the relationships between variables measured on these scales and anthropometric data. RESULTS: Of the 976 students screened, 33 (3.38%) students were obese; 21 boys (3.25%) and 12 girls (3.65%). Of the 31 consenting obese subjects and an equal number of age and sex matched controls included in the study, 68% and 7% of them were diagnosed with a DSM-IV disorder based on MINI-KID respectively. The most common diagnosis in the obese group was social phobia (36%) followed by specific phobia (19%) and major depressive disorder (19%). Ninety percent of the obese samples expressed concern over body shape as against 29% in the control subjects. Among obese subjects, 36% expressed mild concern, another 36% expressed moderate concern and 19% expressed marked concern over body shape. CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric co-morbidity and body shape dissatisfaction are common in obese non-treatment seeking adolescents and warrants need for comprehensive evaluation and management of these issues to manage the epidemic of adolescent obesity in India. FAU - S, Arumuganathan AU - S A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6814-0294 AD - Department of Psychiatry, Karpagavinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mathuranthagam, TK Tamilnadu, 603308, India. arumuganathan.kmc@gmail.com. FAU - Sagar, Rajesh AU - Sagar R AD - Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. FAU - Mehta, Manju AU - Mehta M AD - Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. FAU - T, Siva Ilango AU - T SI AD - Department of Psychiatry, Karpagavinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mathuranthagam, TK Tamilnadu, 603308, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200609 PL - India TA - Indian J Pediatr JT - Indian journal of pediatrics JID - 0417442 SB - IM CIN - Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(3):215-216. PMID: 33543388 MH - Adolescent MH - Body Image MH - Body Mass Index MH - Body Weight MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Child MH - *Depressive Disorder, Major MH - Female MH - Humans MH - India/epidemiology MH - Male MH - Morbidity MH - Obesity/epidemiology MH - Schools MH - *Somatotypes OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adolescent obesity OT - Body shape dissatisfaction OT - Psychiatric co-morbidity EDAT- 2020/06/11 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/26 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/11 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s12098-020-03367-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12098-020-03367-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(3):235-239. doi: 10.1007/s12098-020-03367-z. Epub 2020 Jun 9.