Obesity And Depression Are Entwined, Yet Scientists Don’t Know Why

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)

About 15 years ago, Dr. Sue McElroy, a psychiatrist in Mason, Ohio, started noticing a pattern. People came to see her because they were depressed, but they frequently had a more visible ailment as well: They were heavy. Continue reading article here…

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