Resumen de Manifest anxiety in overweight and obese adolescents

Edith Gerardina Pompa Guajardo, Cecilia Meza Peña

• Obesity is a serious health problem in Mexico, and it is manifested within a large number of psychological co-morbidities. The main purpose of this paper was to assess the presence of anxiety in adolescent population in relation to their weight and size. In this study, the sample consisted of 601 adolescents who completed the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale.

  They also provided socio-demographic data and were evaluated in size and weight. The results are consistent with other studies that show associations between BMI (Body Mass Index), anxiety and gender, but they also warn about a strong relationship between physiological anxiety and obesity.