Stressful events can increase women’s odds of obesity

Stressful events can increase women’s odds of obesity

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- ANAHEIM, California, Women who experienced one or more traumatic lifetime events or several negative events in recent years had higher odds of being obese than women who didn’t report such stress, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.

“Little is known about how negative and traumatic life events affect obesity in women. We 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,” said study senior author Michelle A. Albert, M.D., …

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(2017-12-02), Stressful events can increase women’s odds of obesity, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 3264, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014746343