Obesity Risk Factor

Obesity associated with depression in women but not in men

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 29th, 2003

Obesity was associated with depression in women but not in men in a recent study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry.

"The prevalence of depression (10%) and overweight (65%) indicates that there is a probability that they will co-occur, but are they functionally related' This report used the moderator/mediator distinction to approach this question," scientists in the United States report.

"Moderators, such as severity of depression, severity of obesity, gender, socioeconomic status (SES), gene-by-environment interactions, and childhood experiences, specify for whom and under what conditions effects of agents occur," explained...

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