Friday, August 26, 2011

Obesity and Depression in Women ? a Very Real Alliance!

Women have to undergo many phases in life. Familial, professional and hormonal changes places more than usual stress on women and can lead to weight problem. You can easily find women saying that obesity has lessened the activeness of their body and how difficult it is for them to lose weight. However, this problem becomes doubly difficult if women are also suffering from depression. Also, weight gain in itself can cause depression and once you accumulate fat, it becomes a Herculean task to lose weight due to depression. This becomes a vicious cycle. Hence obesity and depression in women goes simultaneously.

Obesity and depression is very common in middle aged women. According to study obese women are twice prone

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