Obesity and depression have a vicious association: Know how to deal with it
If you're under depression, If you are morbidly overweight, you are obese. This condition can lead to various health complications like heart disease,
hypertension and diabetes to name a few. Depression is another
condition that can affect health too. This is a mental health condition
that can result in a low mood for as long period of time. People
suffering from obesity are also at a higher risk of depression and vice
versa. Hence, we see that both obesity and depression have a close link.
Obesity and depression
There is a close association between depression and obesity. If you are obese, you are more likely to get depression. A study at Rice’s Department of Sociology and Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, even with higher education, women with a body mass index of 30-34.9 have double the risk of depression compared with women of normal weight and same educational attainment. The journal Obesity Research and Clinical Practice published this study.But, then again, if you are under depression, you are likely to make more unhealthy eating choices. Depressed people are also lethargic and unwilling to do anything extra. This also contributes to weight gain.
Researchers from University of Illinois at Chicago say that an ‘intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and depression improved weight loss and depressive symptoms compared with routine physician care’.