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Stress Increases Weight Gain
A new study issued by American Journal of Epidemiology found a relationship between stress and weight gain. Stress can come in many different ways: job demands, trouble paying bills, strained relationships, anxiety disorder, or depression. In previous studies, stress has been shown to increase illness, for example cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and cancer. Now, scientists are starting to see that stress can cause people to gain weight
For women, their waistlines can grow according to all the different kinds of stress. They put on pounds whether it is financial problems, job difficulty, or strained family relationships. However for men, the family factor didn’t affect the weight gain. The lack of authority or skill at work connected with higher weight gain.
In general, the weight-gain pattern came down to be: increased psychological stress = increased BMI (body mass index). With today's worsening economy stressing more and more people out, this study foreshadows that US obesity problem will continue to get worse. Therefore American adults, especially those who are already obese, should see stress as a threat and try to stay away from it.
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology
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