Lifestyle, appearance satisfaction and depressive symptoms in 13–16 years old Norwegian adolescents – A cross-sectional study

Purpose: To examine gender-specific associations between multiple lifestyle-related risk factors, appearance satisfaction and depressive symptoms in a sample of Norwegian adolescents (13–16 years of age), and to study the role of appearance satisfaction as a possible confounder in the associations between lifestyle and depressive symptoms.Materials and methods: Data were obtained from Ungdata, a cross-sectional national survey of adolescents in...