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In particular, alcohol intake often increases around midlife for women (and men) and that leads to abdominal weight gain. Exacerbating any actual fat gain around the midsection is bloating ...
One of the most common symptoms of depression is weight changes, which can look like weight loss or gain. Healthy weight loss, especially under the supervision of a healthcare provider, can be good.
The loss of estrogen in menopause is strongly associated with a change in body composition.
About 20% of these episodes can last two years or more, while about half end spontaneously. However, even after the major depressive episode is over 20% to 30% of patients have residual symptoms, which can be distressing and associated with disability. [5] Fifty percent of people will have another major depressive episode after the first. [3]
A midlife crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 45 to 64/65 years old. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The phenomenon is described as a psychological crisis brought about by events that highlight a person's growing age, inevitable mortality, and possible lack of accomplishments in life.
The biology of depression is the attempt to identify a biochemical origin of depression, as opposed to theories that emphasize psychological or situational causes. Scientific studies have found that different brain areas show altered activity in humans with major depressive disorder (MDD) . [ 1 ]
Harvard researchers analyzed 30 years of data on over 106,000 participants from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. The study included 70,467 women and 36,464 men.
"Fat" is the preferred term within the fat acceptance movement. [112] Fat activists have reclaimed the term as a neutral descriptor in order to work against the stigma typically associated with the term. [108] In fact, many fat activists will censor the word "obesity" when tweeting or citing it as "ob*sity" due to its pathologizing nature.