Can Depression Make You Lose Weight?
People who have untreated depression may have a much harder time losing weight than their non-depressed or medicated friends, a new study suggests. Researchers also found that people who were overweight were more likely to be depressed than their normal-weight peers. The study, from the University of Washington, found that depressed patients got less exercise, but they could not determine if it was the lower levels of physical activity that fed depression, or if depression lowered the level of...
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