Research on Mental Sub-health of Chinese Han Adolescents with Different Nutritional Statuses

Abstract

ObjectiveExplore the mental sub-health of Chinese Han adolescents with different nutritional statuses. MethodIn all, 8457 Han adolescents were selected by random case method, and were conducted mental sub-health test by Multidimensional Sub-health Questionnaire of Adolescents (MSQA). ResultDetection rates of mental sub-health state among Chinese junior high school students with wasting, normal weight, overweight and obesity were 25.9%, 22.2%, 25.3% and 30.7%, and the detection rates of mental sub-health symptoms were 35.1%, 35.9%, 37.5% and 39.0% respectively. Detection rates of mental sub-health state among senior high school students were 20.5%, 17.7%, 22.8% and 21.8%, and the detection rates of mental sub-health symptoms were 34.7%, 31.4%, 31.1% and 42.3% respectively, and the comparison between different groups has statistical significance. ConclusionObesity group has the most obvious mental sub-health, and then the overweight, wasting and normal weight group in sequence.