Depression linked to fat gain in the elderly

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 20:09

CHICAGO -- Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat -- the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found.


 

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