Can treatment of obesity reduce depression or vice versa?

What it found

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Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Inflammatory Factors Associated with Late-Life Depressive Symptoms in Oldest-Old Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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2. Linking Obesity and Depression Through the Gut-Brain Axis: The Impact of Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Inflammation.Nutrients · 2026
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3. Resistant and Refractory Obesity: The Complexity of Anti-Obesity Therapy Failure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4. Obesity and Depression: A Pathophysiotoxic Relationship.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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5. Parallel Pathways, Divergent Outcomes: Adipose Tissue-Neural Crosstalk in Depression and Obesity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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6. Metabolic Modulators in Depression: Emerging Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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7. Depression and Obesity-Do We Know Everything about It? A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024
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8. Association between Symptoms of Depression and Generalised Anxiety Disorder Evaluated through PHQ-9 and GAD-7 and Anti-Obesity Treatment in Polish Adult Women.Nutrients · 2024
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9. Prevalence and short-term change in symptoms of anxiety and depression following bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2024
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10. Association between Serum Irisin and Leptin Levels and Risk of Depressive Symptoms in the Diabetic Elderly Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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11. Appropriate Macronutrients or Mineral Elements Are Beneficial to Improve Depression and Reduce the Risk of Depression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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12. Actions and Consequences of Insulin in the Striatum.Biomolecules · 2023
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13. Adipose Tissue Compartments, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Risk in the Context of Depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022
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