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Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study
OBJECTIVE: This study concerns the question of whether obese subjects in a community sample experience depression in a different way from the non-obese, especially whether they over-eat to the point of gaining weight during periods of depression. DESIGN: A representative sample of adults was intervi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19139752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2008.273 |
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author | Murphy, Jane M. Horton, Nicholas J. Burke, Jack D. Monson, Richard R. Laird, Nan M. Lesage, Alain Sobol, Arthur M. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study concerns the question of whether obese subjects in a community sample experience depression in a different way from the non-obese, especially whether they over-eat to the point of gaining weight during periods of depression. DESIGN: A representative sample of adults was interviewed regarding depression and obesity. SUBJECTS: The sample consisted of 1396 subjects whose interviews were studied regarding relationships between obesity and depression and among whom 114 had experienced a Major Depressive Episode at some point in their lives and provided information about the symptoms experienced during the worst or only episode of Major Depression. MEASUREMENTS: The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was used to identify Major Depressive Episodes. Information was also derived from the section on Depression and Anxiety (DPAX) of the Stirling Study Schedule. Obesity was calculated as a Body Mass Index (BMI) >30. Logistic regressions were employed to assess relationships, controlling for age and gender, by means of Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals. RESULTS: In the sample as a whole, obesity was not related to depression although it was associated with the symptom of hopelessness. Among those who had ever experienced a Major Depressive Episode, obese persons were 5 times more likely than the non-obese to over-eat leading to weight gain during a period of depression (p <0.002). These obese subjects, compared to the non-obese, also experienced longer episodes of depression, a larger number of episodes, and were more preoccupied with death during such episodes. CONCLUSIONS: Depression among obese subjects in a community sample tends to be more severe than among the non-obese. Gaining weight while depressed is an important marker of that severity. Further research is needed to understand and possibly prevent the associations, sequences, and outcomes among depression, obesity, weight gain, and other adversities. |
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spelling | pubmed-26565912009-09-01 Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study Murphy, Jane M. Horton, Nicholas J. Burke, Jack D. Monson, Richard R. Laird, Nan M. Lesage, Alain Sobol, Arthur M. Int J Obes (Lond) Article OBJECTIVE: This study concerns the question of whether obese subjects in a community sample experience depression in a different way from the non-obese, especially whether they over-eat to the point of gaining weight during periods of depression. DESIGN: A representative sample of adults was interviewed regarding depression and obesity. SUBJECTS: The sample consisted of 1396 subjects whose interviews were studied regarding relationships between obesity and depression and among whom 114 had experienced a Major Depressive Episode at some point in their lives and provided information about the symptoms experienced during the worst or only episode of Major Depression. MEASUREMENTS: The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was used to identify Major Depressive Episodes. Information was also derived from the section on Depression and Anxiety (DPAX) of the Stirling Study Schedule. Obesity was calculated as a Body Mass Index (BMI) >30. Logistic regressions were employed to assess relationships, controlling for age and gender, by means of Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals. RESULTS: In the sample as a whole, obesity was not related to depression although it was associated with the symptom of hopelessness. Among those who had ever experienced a Major Depressive Episode, obese persons were 5 times more likely than the non-obese to over-eat leading to weight gain during a period of depression (p <0.002). These obese subjects, compared to the non-obese, also experienced longer episodes of depression, a larger number of episodes, and were more preoccupied with death during such episodes. CONCLUSIONS: Depression among obese subjects in a community sample tends to be more severe than among the non-obese. Gaining weight while depressed is an important marker of that severity. Further research is needed to understand and possibly prevent the associations, sequences, and outcomes among depression, obesity, weight gain, and other adversities. 2009-01-13 2009-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2656591/ /pubmed/19139752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2008.273 Text en http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use:http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms |
spellingShingle | Article Murphy, Jane M. Horton, Nicholas J. Burke, Jack D. Monson, Richard R. Laird, Nan M. Lesage, Alain Sobol, Arthur M. Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study |
title | Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study |
title_full | Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study |
title_fullStr | Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study |
title_short | Obesity and Weight Gain in Relation to Depression: Findings from the Stirling County Study |
title_sort | obesity and weight gain in relation to depression: findings from the stirling county study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19139752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2008.273 |
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