Steve Chaney, aka Papa Gunnykins ®
October 4th, 2003, 07:43 AM
Weight Loss Boosts Mood in the Severely Obese
Mon Sep 29, 4:41 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are severely obese are often very
depressed, and this is especially true for young women with a poor body
image. However, those who undergo surgery to shed excess pounds often
report a lessening of their depression.
The link between depression and severe obesity is unclear, write Dr. John
B. Dixon and colleagues from Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia, in
the current issue of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine
(news - web sites).
To investigate, they had 487 severely obese people, scheduled for
stomach-banding surgery to help them lose weight, complete a standard
questionnaire designed to spot depression. They did this before the surgery
and at yearly intervals after surgery.
Before surgery, scores on the so-called Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
averaged 17.7. One year after surgery, scores had fallen markedly to 7.8,
according to the team. Four years after weight loss surgery, scores
remained lower than pre-surgery levels, at 9.6.
Factors associated with higher depression scores were younger age, female
sex, a history of depression, poor physical function, and poor body image.
Weight did not predict higher depression levels, according to Dixon and
colleagues.
The investigators say their findings support the idea that depression and
obesity often go hand-in-hand, and that those most affected by depression
get the greatest mental health benefit from surgical weight loss
procedures.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, September 22, 2003.
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Mon Sep 29, 4:41 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are severely obese are often very
depressed, and this is especially true for young women with a poor body
image. However, those who undergo surgery to shed excess pounds often
report a lessening of their depression.
The link between depression and severe obesity is unclear, write Dr. John
B. Dixon and colleagues from Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia, in
the current issue of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine
(news - web sites).
To investigate, they had 487 severely obese people, scheduled for
stomach-banding surgery to help them lose weight, complete a standard
questionnaire designed to spot depression. They did this before the surgery
and at yearly intervals after surgery.
Before surgery, scores on the so-called Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
averaged 17.7. One year after surgery, scores had fallen markedly to 7.8,
according to the team. Four years after weight loss surgery, scores
remained lower than pre-surgery levels, at 9.6.
Factors associated with higher depression scores were younger age, female
sex, a history of depression, poor physical function, and poor body image.
Weight did not predict higher depression levels, according to Dixon and
colleagues.
The investigators say their findings support the idea that depression and
obesity often go hand-in-hand, and that those most affected by depression
get the greatest mental health benefit from surgical weight loss
procedures.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, September 22, 2003.
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-- Steve
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Steve Chaney
Remove "Vegetus." to get my real email address
See the soc.singles HALL OF STUPID:
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"If only sheep could cook, we wouldn't need women at all! 8)" - Dizzy,
Message-ID: >
"Outside of this group, I don't remember hearing anyone in RL say that fat
people are worthless." - some anonymous coward admitting the truth,
Message-ID: >
"I watched The Accused last night with Jodie Foster. Tough movie. I was
wondering what people felt as to whether or not they feel she deserved what
happened to her." - Brenda Lee Ehmka, Message-ID:
>
"Jade, your whole existence is spent trying to find people you can justify
vetting your rage toward thorugh all forms of harassment. Do you realize
that?" - Sunny, on Jade's life in a nutshell