London - Teenage boys who convince themselves they’re too skinny when they’re actually a healthy weight may be at greater risk of being depressed as adults.
Boys who wrongly think they are overweight are also prone to depression - but not as much as boys who inaccurately think they have a “weedy” body, according to research published in Psychology of Men & Masculinity.
The findings came from monitoring 2 139 boys for 13 years from the age of 16.
“Teenage girls tend to strive for a thin appearance whereas teenage boys tend to emphasise a more muscular body type,” says Aaron Blashill, the psychologist from the Massachusetts General Hospital who ran the study. - Daily Mail