A Prospective Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Weight Status in Women
Experience of PTSD symptoms is associated with an increased risk of becoming overweight or obese, and PTSD symptom onset alters BMI trajectories over time. The presence of PTSD symptoms should raise clinician concerns about physical health problems that may develop and prompt closer attention to weight status.
Abstract in JAMA Psychiatry.
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