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In this paper, we examine the causal impact of weight on adolescent mental health. Using the China Family Panel Studies, we find significant negative effects of adolescent weight, instrumented by cohort‐level parental body mass index (BMI), on mental illness. In particular, a one standard deviation increase in adolescent BMI z‐score decreases the K6 score by 0.766 (or 0.232 standard deviations). This...
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