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What is depression and how is it affected by bariatric surgery?

April 26, 2017affected bariatric depression surgery

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What is depression and how is it affected by bariatric surgery?

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Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats, sleeps, thinks, and feels. There are many reasons people with morbid obesity may experience depression. Emotional health goes hand in hand with physical health. Lifestyle improvements and renewed health can help resolve depression. Weight loss, combined with counseling, can be very helpful in improving mental health. – 47% of patients who had gastric bypass surgery experienced improvement of depression symptoms.

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Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats, sleeps, thinks and feels. There are many reasons why people with morbid obesity experience depression. Emotional health goes hand in hand with physical health. Lifestyle improvements and renewed health can help resolve depression. Weight loss, combined with counseling, can be very helpful in improving mental health.