What is the relationship between weight gain and depression?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overweight increases the risk of depression among people, regardless of other diseases related to obesity, according to a recent international study.

The results of the study, conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University "Exeter" British, in collaboration with researchers from the University of South Australia, in the "International Journal of Epidemiology".

To arrive at the results, the team examined data from the British biosphere of more than 48,000 depressed people, compared to over 290,000 other non-depressed people, and both groups were born between 1938 and 1971.

Dr. Jess Tyrrell, head of the research team, said that obesity and depression were global health problems that had a huge impact on life, in addition to their high cost for services health. "It was unclear whether obesity itself was at the origin of depression or whether the health problems associated with it could be the cause," he said. declared.