The danger of depression in elderly
Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, December 4, 2008
A new study revealed a connection between depression and visceral fat – the dangerous fat that builds up around a person’s organs and can lead to diabetes and heart disease – in older adults, according to the Wall Street Journal. The study separated participants, all of whom were in their 70s, into two groups – depressed or not depressed. Over a period of five years, researchers measured the visceral fat, body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist size of each participant.
The study, which appeared in the December 1 edition of Archives of General Psychiatry, found that participants who had depression symptoms when the study began gained, on average, nine square centimeters of visceral fat. Participants who did not show signs of depression lost, on average, seven square centimeters of visceral fat, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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