Depression as a kid, ailments as an adult?
‘Children who are depressed may face serious medical conditions in adulthood, specifically asthma and obesity, a new study suggests.
In 20 years of research, scientists found depressed youth under age 17 had an increased risk for asthma and obesity in later years. The researchers looked at adults between ages 20 to 40.
‘You cannot see these relationships in a single patient at one time,’ said lead author Gregory Hasler, a researcher at Zurich University Hospital in Switzerland. ‘This 20-year study shows that healthcare should not be something you do at one point, but something you have to have a long-term perspective on.”
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