HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

August 12, 2009

links for 2009-08-12

• Antidepressant suicide risk varies by age: FDA | Health | Reuters
• Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S. | Health | Reuters
  The findings underscore a central obstacle in tackling childhood obesity, Skelton and his colleagues note: The children who are most affected also generally have the greatest difficulty getting good healthcare.
• Link Between Over-indebtedness And Obesity Identified
  According to the report published in the journal BMC Public Health, over-indebted Germans are more likely to be overweight or obese than the population in general. The authors attribute this to the high cost of a healthy diet, lack of awareness of the availability of cheaper but nonetheless wholesome foods, but most particularly to the psychological and social stress experienced by over-indebted individuals. The result of this stress is that they tend to "comfort eat" and become less physically active.