Obesity can cause a plethora of health issues, and a new study has found a possible link between being overweight and depression.
“People who are more overweight in a population are more depressed, and that is likely to be at least partly [a] causal effect of BMI [on] depression,” study co-author Tim Frayling said.
Half a million people between the ages 37 and 73 took part in a study from 2006 to 2010.
There were 73 genetic variants studied over this period and it showed 49,000 participants suffered from depression. It also showed that those with a higher BMI were more likely to be depressed.
“These new findings are perhaps the strongest so far to suggest higher weights may actually contribute to depression,” Naveed Sattar of the University of Glasgow said.
Source: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/study-strengthens-evidence-of-link-between-obesity-and-depression-20181112-p50fio.html
