The presence of excess fat deposits in the abdominal area may be associated with the development of anxiety disorders. This is especially true for middle-aged women, Eurekalert reports with reference to the magazine The North American Menopause Society.
According to a study of specialists, more than 60% of the fairer sex reported symptoms of an anxiety disorder. Most often, they were manifested in overweight middle-aged women.
Experts from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) explained that this is the result of a decrease in the level of the hormone estrogen, which protects nerve cells from damage.
“Changes in hormones that play an important role in the functioning of the brain can be associated with the development of both anxiety and the formation of excess weight, as well as affect the distribution of fat”.
According to doctors, waist size can be a good marker for identifying patients with a possible anxiety disorder. Order Cymbalta for anxiety.
In February, experts from the UK proved in a study that the so — called millennials-people who were born from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s — are more likely to be obese than representatives of previous generations.