Depression, Obesity Coexist in Many Middle-Aged Women - Yahoo! News
February 7, 2008
Depression, Obesity Coexist in Many Middle-Aged Women - Yahoo! News:
Mon Jan 14, 11:47 PM ET
MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) — Obesity and depression often go hand-in-hand in middle-aged women, a new U.S. study found.
The research collected information on the height, weight, dietary and exercise habits, and body image of 4,641 women, ages 40 to 65, enrolled in a health plan. The women also completed a questionnaire used to measure depression symptoms.
Women with clinical depression were more than twice as likely to be obese (a body mass index of 30 or more), and obese women were more than twice as likely to be depressed, the study found.
It also found that women with BMIs of 30 or higher exercised the least, had the poorest body image, and consumed 20 percent more calories than women with ”
(Via Depression, Obesity Coexist in Many Middle-Aged Women - Yahoo! News.)
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