A study suggests that obese teenage
girls may be more likely than their thinner peers to develop depression or
anxiety disorders as adults. Nearly 800 children and teenagers followed for 20
years, girls who were obese as teens had a roughly four-times higher risk of
clinical depression or anxiety disorders in adulthood. But there was no
such link among boys.

Adult obesity is known to raise the risk of a number of health problems, such
as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. For children, though, the most immediate
consequences of obesity are often emotional and social, like not being accepted
by their peers. It's not clear from this study why obese teenage girls had a
higher risk of mental health problems later in life. But based on other
research, social stigmatization and teasing may play a role in some cases. It
also makes sense that girls would be more vulnerable than boys. Girls and women
face more social pressure to be thin, and at any weight, girls tend to have a
poorer body image than their male counterparts do. Still, more research is
needed to understand the reasons for the link between teen obesity and
subsequent depression and anxiety in girls.




The findings are based on 776 boys and girls who were between the ages of 9 and
18 when they entered the study in 1983. Over the next 20 years, they were
assessed three times for major depression and anxiety. In general, the risk of
these disorders was higher among girls who were obese between the ages of 12
and 18, even when other factors, such as family income, parents' education and
parents' history of emotional problems, were taken into account. Teenagers who
are concerned about their weight, or about any depression or anxiety symptoms, should
talk to their parents or another trusted adult.

I can see why that can happen. For some people their past just keeps haunting them, whether they know it or not. it could subcauntiously haunt them too and causes them to be depressed. I was a chubby kid and although I'm real skinny now, even when someone mentions anything about my body i get so bothered. even if its a nice remark.

Things that effected the past will always effect the future. Even when time has moved on and wounds are healed there will always be a bit of sadness tied to the past.

My mom was always overweight ever since she was a child, then in college she decided to lose a ton of weight and she did!  She got down to 115 lbs and she met my dad.  But she always felt that her family only loved her and fussed over her and her family because she was now skinny.  And she would always tell my dad how she liked being overweight better, because that's who she was, it's how she'd always been.  She gained some weight back, but still feels worried about her body at times. 

Its only normal to worry about your body and your self imagine, even skinny girls worry about it. And everyone gets bothered when they're told theyre fat. One thing I've noticed though, is when the person is fat, no one normally makes any rude remarks about them to their face unless they're in a fight or something. An ugly person could also go through the same amounts of depression as a fat person. I think its just how you feel about your self image.