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The " fat and jolly " hypothesis for adolescent girls

French clinicians aiming to describe the association between BMI [Body Mass Index] and depression in teenage children, report that overweight adolescent girls are more likely to be depressed than obese adolescent girls, giving support for
the  " fat and jolly " hypothesis not only among older women but also among adolescent girls [source: BMC Public Health]  

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