Losing Weight Can Improve Your Mood | Briones Medical Weight Loss

The results of a collection of new studies show a direct correlation between weight loss programs that promote a combination of exercise and long-term daily routine changes with improvement in depression.

Now obese people have even more incentive to seek medical weight loss in Mt. Kisco. Researchers analyzed thirty-one different weight loss programs where the constants varied. Some included diet only and others consisted of exercise only, but all centered on counseling and behavioral adjustments. Random patients in these studies were also given medicine to assist in their weight loss efforts while others were given no aids at all.

The researchers not only made fastidious notes about the amount of weight the participants lost, but also their before and after symptoms of depression. The findings were surprising and should be an encouragement to obese people who really want to lose weight. However, it is important to note that those who wrote the original report don’t know if these results can be useful to people with clinical depression.

The conclusions from the studies are promising:

• Participants of nearly all types of these weight loss studies experienced an improvement in their mood
• Participants of the programs that consisted of lifestyle changes realized the best advantages
• Improvements in mood occurred with any amount of weight loss, both minor and severe, meaning that even losing a little bit of weight can help improve your mood and help fight off depression.

There are a variety of reasons for why losing weight can often help improve mood, including a better body image, support from friends, family members and coworkers, and an overall change and bettering of physical fitness and wellness levels.