Study finds depression can trigger diabetes

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with depression have a higher risk of developing the most common form of diabetes than others, according to a study published on Tuesday that sheds light on the interplay between the two conditions.

The study indicated that the relationship between type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease closely linked to obesity and sedentary lifestyle, may be a bit like a two-way highway. Not only can diabetes lead to depression, as has been well established, but depression can also lead to diabetes.

U.S. researchers led by Dr. Sherita Hill Golden of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore tracked an ethnically diverse group of about 5,000 men and women between ages 45 to 84 for about three years.

They found that people with symptoms of depression were 42 percent more likely to develop diabetes by the end of the study than those without such symptoms. They also found that the more serious the symptoms, the higher the risk of diabetes.

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1. It's interesting that exercise is one method of staving off both problems.

I'm not intending to belittle this. In fact, I managed to control both type 2 diabetes and depression with exercise, and to be able to stop taking medications for both conditions. I do know that there are levels of depression where exercise is not enough.

Thanks for the post.