{"id":177634,"date":"2017-05-19T22:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/childhood-obesity-triples-your-risk-of-later-depression\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T22:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:10:03","slug":"childhood-obesity-triples-your-risk-of-later-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/childhood-obesity-triples-your-risk-of-later-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood obesity TRIPLES your risk of later depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Being overweight at age eight or 13 triples the risk of developing depression<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Childhood obesity is more associated with depression than mid-life obesity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Carrying excess weight throughout your life quadruples your depression risk<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Researchers believe poor self-esteem at a young age causes the problem\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>One in three children is overweight or obese in the US and UK, research shows\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Daisy Dunne For Mailonline<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  10:17 EDT, 19 May 2017<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  14:55 EDT, 19 May 2017<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          24<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Being overweight during childhood triples the risk of developing depression in later life, according to new research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">People who are overweight at the age of eight or 13 are more at risk of depression than those who suffer weight problems in middle age, the study found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carrying excess weight throughout your life quadruples your chances of developing the mental health disorder, the research adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers suggest that childhood obesity may permanently damage self-esteem, resulting in depression later on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One in three children in the US and UK are overweight or obese, previous research has shown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f9b99545d693ff91\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Being overweight during your childhood triples your risk of developing depression in later life\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f9b99545d693ff91\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/14\/408A748400000578-4522404-image-a-1_1495199636056.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Being overweight during your childhood triples your risk of developing depression in later life\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Being overweight during your childhood triples your risk of developing depression in later life<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/09\/4087A4DE00000578-0-image-m-10_1495182635247.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>The benefits of being a &#8216;flexitarian&#8217;: Eating meat only once&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/12\/4088E91800000578-0-image-m-47_1495192679092.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Could the TENNER in your pocket be making you ill? Banknotes&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/12\/40885E0700000578-0-image-m-13_1495193491585.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>On the &#8216;brink of collapse&#8217;: Map shows the regions at a high&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/11\/4087441000000578-0-image-m-7_1495190805834.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Pensioner has spent two years in agony battling a&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Researchers from VU University Medical Centre in the Netherlands enlisted 889 people living in Reykjavik, Iceland, with an average age of 75.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Study participants were assessed to determine whether they had symptoms of depression or if they had previously been diagnosed with the condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers then looked at school records dating back almost seven decades to find out if the participants were overweight as children, defined as having a BMI between 25 and 29.9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Data revealing their weight at the age of 50 was gathered from a previous study with the same participants  in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Results revealed that carrying excess weight in childhood is a stronger predictor of depression later down the line than being overweight in middle age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The findings showed being overweight at the age of eight or 13 more than triples the risk, while carrying excess weight throughout your life quadruples your chances of the mental health disorder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Previous studies have shown that people who are obese are more likely to become depressed, but few have looked at the long-term influence of childhood obesity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The scientists, who presented their findings at this year&#8217;s European Congress on Obesity, said: &#8216;Our findings suggest that some of the underlying mechanisms linking overweight or obesity to depression stem from childhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-26c9972846970c0d\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scientists believe being overweight as a child may permanently damage  self-esteem (stock)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-26c9972846970c0d\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/14\/408A749400000578-4522404-image-a-2_1495199639336.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scientists believe being overweight as a child may permanently damage  self-esteem (stock)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Scientists believe being overweight as a child may permanently damage  self-esteem (stock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;A shared genetic risk or low self-esteem, which is frequently associated with those who do not conform to the ideal body type, could be responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Given the rise in adolescents&#8217; obesity and greater influence of social media on body image, understanding the associations between childhood obesity and depression is critical.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This comes after researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain found eating one or two meat-free meals a week halves the risk of becoming obese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The so-called flexitarian lifestyle also encourages people to eat more fruit and vegetables, they found. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v2\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"share-facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels\">\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/13\/40895A7F00000578-0-image-m-53_1495196463568.jpg\" alt=\"Vicious: The university student goes over to the table and brutally kicks the child\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">University student caught violently kicking a little girl&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/07\/4085E36700000578-0-image-a-4_1495173836835.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Mike Pence may have been 'intentionally' kept out of the dark about Michael Flynn's lobbying work for Turkey, a source claims\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Pence was &#8216;kept in the dark about Flynn&#8217;s lobbying work&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/11\/4085278500000578-0-image-m-12_1495191458751.jpg\" alt=\"The fire which broke out in a kitchen after event workers attempted to light a deep fat fryer\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Three event workers are injured after fire breaks out at&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/17\/408B568E00000578-0-image-m-51_1495209619676.jpg\" alt=\"Justice for Yadira:\u00a0Giovanni Guzman, 25, has been sentenced to 11 years in state prison in the June 2016 crash that killed his girlfirend, Yadira Alvarez, on the ve of her graduation\u00a0\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Man, 25, is sentenced to 11 years in prison for horror&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/19\/05\/4085900F00000578-0-image-a-34_1495167630139.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. 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