Besides the fact that obesity and pain are connected, there is another commonality in that both are linked to family history and mood disorders.
A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Washington and Veterans' Affairs San Diego Healthcare System explored how family history and psychological factors influence the relationship between obesity and chronic pain.
Obesity
Obesity is a condition where there is excess accumulation of body fat which poses a risk to the health of the individual. It can affect children and adults.
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They examined data from a large community-based sample of twins (University of Washington Twin Registry) to probe the relationships between specific pain diagnoses and symptoms and obesity, depression, and familial factors.
As many as 3,471 individual twins were analyzed for the study.
Data from the research showed that overweight or obese twins were more likely to report physician-diagnosed low back pain, tension or migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, and abdominal and widespread pain.
Further, it was determined that depression and family history play a significant role linking high body mass index (BMI) and pain symptoms.
The findings were published in The Journal of Pain.
Source: ANI
Data from the research showed that overweight or obese twins were more likely to report physician-diagnosed low back pain, tension or migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, and abdominal and widespread pain.
Further, it was determined that depression and family history play a significant role linking high body mass index (BMI) and pain symptoms.
The findings were published in The Journal of Pain.
Source: ANI
Depression
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders affecting approximately 340 million people in the world. No one is immune from depression - it occurs in people of all social classes, all countries and all cultural settings.
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