Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: a prospective study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | Original Research | 7 December 2020

The results of this study demonstrate that body dissatisfaction in adolescence predicts the occurrence of later depressive episodes in a cohort born in the early 1990s. Body dissatisfaction is therefore a public health concern.
https://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/10/jech-2019-213033