Weight loss improves health and mood of people with depression.

A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, indicates that after six months of program behavior for weight loss, depressed patients not only lose 8% of their initial weight and reduce their levels of triglycerides, as reported significant reduction in depressive symptoms .

Evaluating 51 people, among patients with depression and healthy people, researchers found that the program of exercises has benefits for mental and physical health of participants. "This new research is clinically depressed because individuals are normally not included in tests of weight loss, because of concerns that the weight loss may worsen your depression," explained the authors.

Based on the results - which showed benefits in weight loss in depressive symptoms and levels of triglycerides, "good" cholesterol, glucose and insulin - the researchers conclude that "depression and obesity are independently associated with increased risk of heart disease and stroke and such reductions in body weight and symptoms of depression probably improve the results of health in the long run. "