Overweight People Suffer from Depression More Often

Scientists under the leadership of Gregory Simon destroyed a common stereotype about “fatty merry fellow”. It was found out, that full people suffer from depression and mood swings more often, as Archives of General Psychiatry magazine informs.

(PRWEB) July 30, 2006 -- Scientists under the leadership of Gregory Simon destroyed a common stereotype about “fatty merry fellow”. It was found out, that full people suffer from depression and mood swings more often, as Archives of General Psychiatry magazine informs.

9125 adults took part in the research, carried out by members of Group Health Cooperative. Experts talked to all volunteers and estimated their mental state. Scientists detected adiposity, reasoning from weight and height indices, informed by participants themselves.

Results of the research showed, that people, having adiposity, suffered from anxious and emotional disorders, including depression, 25% more often. At the same time, fatty people abused alcohol and drugs 25% less frequently, than their slenderer brothers.

Now scientists are still not ready to answer a question, whether depresion is a reason or result of adiposity, as both variants are quite possible. It’s known, that depressed people experience fall of physical activity. Moreover, medicines, used for its treatment, can cause weight gain. On the other hand, fatty people become butts more often, what surely affects their mood.

Both depression and adiposity are widespread. About one third of adult Americans suffers from adiposity, and depression is detected in 10% of population (about 21 millions of people).

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