Mid Section Depression may double the risk of developing excess fat in abdominal area Researchers Tested 2,088 healthy adults ages 70 to 79 for the sign of depression and assessed them for overall obesity and abdominal obesity , according to a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry . After five , years scientists found that although overall obesity was not affected , individuals who are depressed at the outset of the study were significantly more likely to have accumulated fat within the abdominal cavity and added inches from front to back around the abdominal area .

The finding may help explain why risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes rises among people with depression .

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