http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140321095344.htm
In this article, it states that depression and obesity have been long associated as harbingers of each other. However, new research has brought some light on this topic. New studies have shown that adolescent females who experience one of the disorders are at a greater risk of the other as they get older. One of the symptoms of depression is change in diet, either a growth of eating or a lack there of so there can be a connection.
"adolescents is the key developmental period for both obesity and depression, so we thought it significant to look at these disorders at an early age," says Naomi Marmorstein, an professor of psychology at Rutgers-Camden.
By assessing at state wide sample of 1,500 males and females in MN over a period of time, Marmorstein found that depression in early adolescence in females predicts obesity by lat adolescence.
Meanwhile, obesity that occurs in late adolescence in females predicts depression by early adulthood. In males however, no significant ties were found between the two.
All in all more reasons to take care of your body and mental health.
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One other NOS theme could be the role of motivation and curiosity. Some people who have been depressed and became obese or the other way around may wish to connect to two, or find a cause for one or the other.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to continue your research on the correlation between obesity and depression. I learned that obese people have a 20% elevated risk of becoming depressed. The Obesity Action Coalition did a study and found that white, college-educated people that are obese have a 44% elevated risk of becoming depressed. They also said that the study showed no difference in sexes, which is contradictory to what your article said, perhaps the different studies affected their results.
ReplyDeletemy link: http://www.obesityaction.org/educational-resources/resource-articles-2/obesity-related-diseases/obesity-and-depression
I saw this article and wanted to research how depression is related to other things. As well as obesity, depression is also related to the eating disorders like anorexia. Studies show that people who are anorexic are 50 times more likely do die from suicide than the general public. Suicide is the common result of teens with depression. When I was reading about this, I found that studies say that depression causes eating disorders, but there's no study that gives evidence that eating disorders cause depression. Although there's no evidence, Lisa Lilenfeld, an associate professor of clinical psychology at Argosy University said, “being severely underweight and malnourished, which is common in anorexia, can cause physiological changes that are known to negatively affect mood states.” Over all, depression, eating disorders, and health issues are all closely related.
ReplyDeletelink: http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/eating-disorders
I read more online to learn more about the connection. An article I found said that scientists could not yet identify a clear connection between obesity and depressed. Although, they did find that the two fed off of each other and, in a way, it created a cycle.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/depression-and-obesity.aspx
I researched more about the relationship between obesity and depression. Obese people are depressed because these experience poor health and low self-esteem sue to their appearance. I agree that this happens mostly to girls than boys. On the other hand, depressed people become obese because of their physiological changes in their hormone/immune systems during the depression. Also, they face more difficulty in taking good care of their heath and fitnesses. Other consequences of depression includes overeating, which obviously causes obesity.
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There have been a lot of links found between eating disorders and depression. This article (http://eatingdisorderscleveland.org/the-relationship-between-anorexia-and-depression/) explores the link between anorexia and depression. It suggests that malnutrition, caused by anorexia, depletes the brain's ability to produce neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters affect many parts of the brain, including moods.
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