Interaction between depressive symptoms and obesity-related anthropometric measures on multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from India.
Waquar AhmedMuhammad TC V IrshadPublished in: BMC public health (2024)
The findings revealed that the presence of depressive symptoms, overweight or obesity, and high-risk anthropometric measures such as high-risk waist circumference and high-risk waist to hip ratio significantly increased the risk of morbidity among older adults in India. Thus, it is suggested to adopt an integrated public health policy approach to control depressive symptoms and high-risk body composition to strategically prepare against the elevated risk of multimorbidity among ageing populations.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- depressive symptoms
- public health
- body mass index
- weight loss
- weight gain
- social support
- insulin resistance
- resistance training
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- bone mineral density
- sleep quality
- body weight
- healthcare
- high fat diet induced
- physical activity
- mental health
- skeletal muscle
- single cell
- total hip arthroplasty