Abstract The health need of an individual requires adequate and careful management. By implication, various aspects of the human anatomy undergo specific changes based on tissue growth. This thesis highlighted the correlation between mental health and body mass index. Thus, we studied the relationship between body mass index, health, and mental health among Latin American adolescents. Data for the study was collected from a secondary source. The CHIS data for adolescents (2011-2012) was tested using Chi-square statistical analysis to evaluate the study. The research will support various social policy frameworks across Latin America. Consequently, the study has direct implications on nursing practice, adolescent nutrition value, and families. Introduction As young people move from adolescence to adulthood, they confront numerous somatic, mental, and social changes. However, it is unexpected that young people will encounter mental misery. Studies carried out by the California Survey Institute revealed that 4.3% of youths have confronted a genuine depressive issue. By implication, the growth phase of an adolescent influences his or her health status. Expanding U.S. weight rates influence all age clusters, including teenagers. The research institute found that 19% of American kids and young people were corpulent, totaling 15.5 million people. The CDC expressed that stoutness rates in this age range have tripled in the past three decades. Lawler and Nixon (2011) examined the relationship between body mass record (BMI) and body challenges and stated that higher BMI among different components, related to more prominent body disappointment for adolescents. Body disappointment was identified with an expanded danger for both gloom and other mental concerns, such as dietary issues (Lawler & Nixon, 2011). The expressions “overweight” and “corpulent” classify weight status as sound standard (CDC, 2012). The CDC characterizes these terms by using the BMI estimation. BMI is viewed as a concrete measure of an individual’s muscle to fat ratio, utilizing one’s weight, and tallness as a part of the computation. A BMI of 18.5- 24.9 is viewed as sound, though a BMI from 25-29.9 is viewed as overweight, and a BMI of 30 or higher is viewed as large (CDC, 2012). The alarming survey conducted in 2014 revealed that over 33% of American grownups were sorted as fat (CDC, 2012). Rates of adolescent weight have been followed and huge increments can be seen since the 1980s, particularly in the Midwestern, Southeastern states, and Latin America (CDC, 2012). From 2010- 2014, 20.4% of American young people were viewed as corpulent (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2012). Youth rotund was equally spread around the nation than adolescent corpulent from 2010-2014. Socioeconomic Status of Latin American Adolescents The survey examined the socioeconomic status of Latin American adolescents. The socioeconomic variables include age, sex, ethnicity, age, housing, income, educational attainment, and occupation. Family income and subjective social status are additional components of the SES. These components were evaluated to test the correlation with BMI. Different components of the SES were categorized based on accompanying factors. For example, the participant’s residence was categorized