Depression May Be As Bad For The Heart As Obesity

“The prevention strategies are the same for people with mental health issues,” Dr. Brian Baker of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, who conducted the 2014 study on mental illness and cardiovascular disease, told Medical News Today. “That means eating a healthy diet, being physically active, being smoke-free, managing stress and limiting alcohol consumption. Making positive health behavior changes is important to our physical health, and to mental health, too.”