Theoretical study published in American Journal of Public Health suggests that depression and obesity are correlated. Two findings that study revealed were; Depression may lead to weight gain and Obesity may not lead to depression.
Belinda Needham, Ph.D and a professor at University of Alabama, used a study named Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA). CARDIA included 5,115 males and females of ages between 18 and 30. It was intended to identify the health condition(s) that eventually results into cardiovascular disease.
Professor Needham used data of the study to find out relation between depression and abdominal obesity. BMI, abbreviation of Body Mass Index, and depression level were calculated to establish relation between the two most wide spread health conditions.
Conclusions were:
People who were reported to have depression gained weight faster than people without depression,
People were not prone to develop depression regardless of weight gain or weight loss.
"Conclusions of the study are important when a patient is looking to control weight, obesity, that subsequently invites other cardiovascular or diseases related to obesity".
Dr Needham assumes that supposedly relations between stress hormone, depression and obesity will be targeted by future depression medication.
Publised Study Link
Belinda Needham, Ph.D and a professor at University of Alabama, used a study named Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA). CARDIA included 5,115 males and females of ages between 18 and 30. It was intended to identify the health condition(s) that eventually results into cardiovascular disease.
Professor Needham used data of the study to find out relation between depression and abdominal obesity. BMI, abbreviation of Body Mass Index, and depression level were calculated to establish relation between the two most wide spread health conditions.
Conclusions were:
People who were reported to have depression gained weight faster than people without depression,
People were not prone to develop depression regardless of weight gain or weight loss.
"Conclusions of the study are important when a patient is looking to control weight, obesity, that subsequently invites other cardiovascular or diseases related to obesity".
Dr Needham assumes that supposedly relations between stress hormone, depression and obesity will be targeted by future depression medication.
Publised Study Link
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