{"id":207827,"date":"2017-11-19T05:36:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T05:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/uc-study-finds-trauma-increases-a-womans-risk-of-obesity\/"},"modified":"2017-11-19T05:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T05:36:37","slug":"uc-study-finds-trauma-increases-a-womans-risk-of-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/uc-study-finds-trauma-increases-a-womans-risk-of-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"UC study finds trauma increases a woman&#8217;s risk of obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The more traumatic events women have lived through the more likely they are to become obese, according to a new study\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The researchers found that a single traumatic event raised the risk of obesity by more than 10 percent\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Women who reported four or more &#8216;negative life events&#8217; in the last five years were 36 percent more likely to be obese<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>About the same proportion of Americans have experienced trauma as are obese<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The study authors suggest healthcare providers address psychological stress in treatment plans for obese women<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Rahhal For Dailymail.com<\/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  15:06 EST, 14 November 2017<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  15:36 EST, 14 November 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\">         220<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Women who have experienced traumatic events are more likely to become obese, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Researchers from the University of California<\/a>, San Francisco found that the more traumatic events women reported experiencing in the last five years, the more likely they were to become obese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More than 70 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, putting the vast majority of adults at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and other serious health problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The research, presented at the American Heart Association\u2019s annual seminar this week, builds on previous studies on how stress can affect eating habits and lead to weight-gain, but is among the first to examine the relationship between obesity in women and stress.<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-821b3060f31454c4\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Traumatic events increase a woman's risk of becoming obese, according to a new study\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-821b3060f31454c4\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/11\/14\/20\/4659228500000578-0-image-a-13_1510689716013.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Traumatic events increase a woman's risk of becoming obese, according to a new study\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Traumatic events increase a woman&#8217;s risk of becoming obese, according to a new study\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">About 67 percent of women in the US are either obsess or overweight, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The rate of either condition is higher among me, but women are more likely to be obese or extremely obese than are men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to statistics from PTSD United, about 70 percent of all American adults will experience some form of trauma through their lives \u2013 the same proportion of people in this country who are obese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As much as 20 percent of people who experience trauma develop PTSD, but women are twice likely to suffer from the disorder as are their male counter parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stress from sources like bullying and economic strain has well-documented links to eating disorders, including over-eating and obesity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since women are more prone to both extreme stress or PTSD and obesity, the study authors suggest that more attention needs to be paid to these relationships.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>  <span>Watching TV \u00bfdoubles the chance of a blood clot\u00bf: People who&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <span>Obesity DOES affect the growth of a fetus &#8211; increasing the&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>  <span>Nearly a THIRD of births are now caesareans due to fears of&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Little is known about how negative and traumatic life events affect obesity in women,\u2019 says senior study author Dr Michelle A. Albert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dr Albert, director of the UCSF Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular disease, says that \u2018we know that stress affects behavior, including whether people under- or overeat, as well as neuro-hormonal activity by in part increasing cortisol production, which is related to weight gain.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She and her team surveyed nearly 22,000 women in their middle ages or older. This group is at greater risk of obesity than other age ranges are, and, as a function of age, are more likely to have experienced trauma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers analysed data on both the women\u2019s body mass indexes (BMI) and self-reported stress. The divided stressors into two categories: Significant traumatic events like physical violence or the death of a child that could have occurred any time in their lives and still be affecting them, and \u2018negative life events\u2019 that had occurred in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nearly one quarter of the entire sample of women was obese, a lower proportion than that of the total American population of women.<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-555e6160a6b298fa\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"344\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A graph from the National Institutes for health shows trends in men and women who are overweight and obese. In recent years, obesity is more common among women than men\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-555e6160a6b298fa\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/11\/14\/20\/4659228100000578-0-image-a-14_1510689748955.jpg\" height=\"344\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A graph from the National Institutes for health shows trends in men and women who are overweight and obese. In recent years, obesity is more common among women than men\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A graph from the National Institutes for health shows trends in men and women who are overweight and obese. In recent years, obesity is more common among women than men<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Living through just one traumatic life event increased the risk of obesity by 11 percent, over that of women who reported no traumatic events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Those that had experienced four or more \u2018negative life events\u2019 were at a 36 percent greater risk of obesity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dr Albert says that the study\u2019s findings suggest that \u2018we should consider including assessment and treatment of psychosocial stress in approaches to weight management.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018This is important work because women are living longer and are more at risk for chronic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The potential public health impact is large, as obesity is related to increased risks of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and cancer, and contributes to spiraling healthcare costs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v3\/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<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels\">\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Mothers and fathers who use Doctor Foster-style attempts&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Pup and away! 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