Grandinetti 2000

Stress, Depression and Diabetes

It's been recognized for some time that stress causes depression, and that both are associated with a higher incidence of diabetes. Diabetes again is the loss of the body's ability to keep blood sugar within allowable limits.

It was assumed for some time that this association was behavioral, ie: there was something about stress and depression that caused people to eat poorly, and that this raised the risk of diabetes.

This study is one of the earliest to make the connection that diabetes might also increase stress levels and depression. Drawing from their experience of working with native Hawaiians, the authors report their observation that behavioral factors alone don't explain the higher incidence of diabetes in depressed subjects. And they speculate that the causation may operate in both directions, or be related to a third influence not yet identified.

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