“If only I weighed less, I’d be happier.”
Is this a thought that has ever crossed your mind? It might have crossed my mind once or twice during the past two decades, just maybe. However, I intellectually know that the two are not connected....or are they?
Last week I found an article in the journal Obesity in which researchers explored the relationship between obesity and depression. They examined a population-based sample of US women who participated in the 2005 or 2006 National...
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