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Flab can give you depression, heart disease: Study
Here's another reason why you should shed flab - it could give you depression, resulting in an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study.
Earlier studies have suggested a link between depression and an increased risk of heart disease, but exactly how has never been clear.
Now, a team at Rush University has shown depression is linked with the accumulation of visceral fat, the kind of fat packed between internal organs at the waistline which has long been known to increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, the 'Psychosomatic Medicine' reported.
According to researchers, depression triggers the accumulation of visceral fat by means of certain chemical changes in the body - like the production of cortisol and inflammatory compounds.
"Our results suggest that central adiposity - which is commonly called belly fat - is an important pathway by which depression contributes to the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
"In our study, depressive symptoms were clearly related to deposits of visceral fat, which is the type of fat involved in disease," lead researcher Lynda Powell said.
--Agencies
Here's another reason why you should shed flab - it could give you depression, resulting in an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study.
Earlier studies have suggested a link between depression and an increased risk of heart disease, but exactly how has never been clear.
Now, a team at Rush University has shown depression is linked with the accumulation of visceral fat, the kind of fat packed between internal organs at the waistline which has long been known to increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, the 'Psychosomatic Medicine' reported.
According to researchers, depression triggers the accumulation of visceral fat by means of certain chemical changes in the body - like the production of cortisol and inflammatory compounds.
"Our results suggest that central adiposity - which is commonly called belly fat - is an important pathway by which depression contributes to the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
"In our study, depressive symptoms were clearly related to deposits of visceral fat, which is the type of fat involved in disease," lead researcher Lynda Powell said.
--Agencies
