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Obesity and Depression in Women – a Very Real Alliance!

Obesity and Depression in Women – a Very Real Alliance!

Women have to undergo many phases in life. Familial, professional and hormonal changes places more than usual stress on women and can lead to weight problem. You can easily find women saying that obesity has lessened the activeness of their body and how difficult it is for them to lose weight. However, this problem becomes doubly difficult if women are also suffering from depression. Also, weight gain in itself can cause depression and once you accumulate fat, it becomes a Herculean task to lose weight due to depression. This becomes a vicious cycle. Hence obesity and depression in women goes simultaneously.

Obesity and depression is very common in middle aged women. According to study obese women are twice prone to depression. However, the reason behind this is reduced self esteem. It is not the fact that women have no clue that how to lose weight but once they get depressed then they lose the will of get rid of the weight. In such situation the important thing for women is to boost up your self esteem and rebuild their sprit to lose weight. Obesity is very harmful as it increases the chances of cardiovascular disease. Even you can face problems like sleep apnea, a breathing problem in which breathing is stopped for short span during sleep.

Obesity and depression in women brings many serious diseases with itself like infertility, gout and certain type of cancer. Obese women are likely to fall prey to diseases like gall bladder, increased surgical disease and ovarian cancer. Obesity and depression also affect the usual life and leaves overall negative impact on health. Being overweight limits the mobility of your body and reduces physical endurance. Due to obesity women find themselves unable to take active part in social life which adds to their depressive condition.

In present era women have to manage both home and work place. This stress of managing both places gives rise to dissatisfaction and thus leading to depression. Obesity and depression in women is definitely serious degenerative disorder. If it is not cured at right time then it may cause many physical as well as mental problems. The factors responsible for obesity in women include gender, geographical impact and hormonal changes. Take medical help in case your depressive condition is affecting your normal functioning. To regain happiness in life take action against both depression and obesity.