NIDDK Central Repository - Associations between physical activity and mental health among bariatric surgical candidates.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.11.010

PubMed ID

23332532

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2013

Affiliation

University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh 15261, USA. kingw@edc.pitt.edu

Authors

Elder KA, Kalarchian MA, King WC, Mitchell JE, Steffen KJ, Wolfe BM

Studies

LABS

Citation

King WC, Kalarchian MA, Steffen KJ, Wolfe BM, Elder KA, Mitchell JE. Associations between physical activity and mental health among bariatric surgical candidates. J Psychosom Res 2013 Feb;74(2):161-9. Epub 2013 Jan 3.

Abstract

To examine associations between physical activity (PA) and mental health among adults undergoing bariatric surgery.