Eating pattern and psychological symptoms: a cross-sectional study based on a national large sample of Chinese adolescents

The mental health of adolescents is a pressing issue in global public health. The Global Burden of Disease Study shows that mental disorders were the main cause of disability adjusted of life years (DALY) of 10-24 year-old adolescents from 1990 to 2013 (Mokdad et al., 2016). Mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and conduct disorder increased in ranking global age standardized DALY rates from 1990 to 2015 (Kassebaum et al., 2017). The epidemiological data shows that the prevalence of anxiety was 31.9%, behavioral disorders were 19.1%, emotional disorders were 14.3%, and substance use disorders were 11.4% in American adolescents (Merikangas et al., 2010).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - October 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Honglv Xu, Ying Sun, Yuhui Wan, Shichen Zhang, Huiqiong Xu, Rong Yang, Wei Wang, Hanjun Zeng, Shaojun Xu, Jiahu Hao, Fangbiao Tao Tags: Research paper Source Type: research