HealthDay (10/19, Gotkine) reports, “Female offspring of parents with mood disorders have increased z body mass index (BMI) compared with controls of unaffected parents starting at about 12 years of age, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in JAMA Network Open.” In the study, “researchers found that youth at familial risk for mood disorders showed no overall difference in body weight from controls,” but “there was a sex-specific difference observed, with a rapid peripubertal increase in body weight in females at familial risk versus controls, leading to significantly increased zBMI at 12 years and older (β = 0.57), independent of socioeconomic status, prematurity, or birth weight.”
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— “Female Teens With Family History of Mood Disorder Prone to Weight Gain,”Elana Gotkine, HealthDay, October 19, 2023