People who are suffering from extreme obesity also tend to be depressed...

Ukmedix News has seen a study that shows that obese men and women who suffer from depression and anxiety will statistically lose less body weight after gastric bypass surgery when compared to men and women who have a healthy mental disposition. The study authors also said that their research showed that it was possible that some people would benefit from having psychological treatment before they underwent their obesity surgery.

The researchers noted that patients who were diagnosed as having anxiety or mood disorders tended to lose an average of 81 pounds in body weight over the six months after they had had their gastric bypass surgery.  The people who did not suffer from any psychological difficulties on average tended to lose 86 pounds in body weight over the same six month period.

The study is still at an early level and the researchers said that they wanted to keep in close contact with the patients that they had examined to see what the long term effects of anxiety and depression were on these people. They expect to keep monitoring and weighing the patients for at least two years. Ukmedix News will be following their progress.

Many people who are suffering from extreme obesity also tend to be depressed for obvious reasons and thus there is a probability of a large number of anxious and psychologically disturbed obese people lining up for gastric bypass surgery.  The health of your mind and the health of your body are definitely linked.  Many people say that they turn to eating when they are nervous or depressed and some experts say that if you want to lose weight you first need to deal with the mental issues going on in your head before you can take yourself seriously as a dieter.