Depression, Obesity, and Alcohol Abuse Linked in Young Women

Depression, obesity, and alcohol abuse are interrelated conditions among young women (but not men), according to University of Washington researchers.

Data collected when 776 young adults were 24, 27, and 30 years of age reveal that women with an alcohol disorder at age 24 were more than three times as likely to be obese when they were 27. Women who were obese at 27 were more than twice as likely to be depressed when they were 30. And women who were depressed at 27 were at increased risk for alcohol disorders at 30.

By contrast, young men who had one of these conditions didn’t tend to develop another one later on.

The research did not reveal a clear progression in women from one of these disorders to another. But women with one condition should be aware that they are at increased risk of developing another.

Source: Health Insider