Teenage Obesity and the Link with Depression
Depression has clearly been linked with obese children, yet which precedes the other is like the case of the chicken and the egg. It is unclear which is the cause and which is the effect. Do children become depressed due to being overweight, or does the tendency go in the other direction?
Dr. Sarah Mustillo of Duke University Medical Center has studied the interaction between the human body’s internal and external components. Her observations conclude that obesity frequently leads to a social stigma that may bring about the onset of depression, chipping away at the child’s self-esteem and ability to interact normally with others in the making and maintenance of friendships. On the other hand, she notes other children who experience clinical depression and consequently eat greater quantities of food for emotional “self-medication,” lose enthusiasm for calorie-burning physical activities, and become obese.
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The incidence of childhood obesity is soaring. According to other pediatric medical studies, the longer a child lives in an overweight condition, the greater the risk of experiencing depression and additional physical and mental health abnormalities. Anyone who has struggled with weight knows intuitively that being overweight for a substantial portion of one’s initial pre-adult years takes a far greater emotional toll than living in an overweight condition for a shorter period of time.
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