Maybe it has to do with the food they eat and not the body fat itself?
My face was round up until 5th grade I guess, but I never was overweight.
I just looked up what also causes type 2 diabetes. We are already at risk due to atypical anti psycotics.
But did you know that living in a city close near Residential traffic increases the chance too.
And then there is pesticides that also increase the risk
source
| BPA | Polycarbonate plastics, canned food, thermal paper, dental sealants |
|---|---|
| Phthalates | PVC plastics, cosmetics, medical equipment |
| Traffic-related air pollution | Residential proximity to traffic |
| Agricultural pesticides | Applying pesticides |
It’s the other way around. First you get Schizophrenia, then the meds turn you into a Fat Zombie.
this makes sense to me. i wasnt overweight but when i did eat it was unhealthy food. from 12 on i ate a diet of mostly chips and candy. before that my diet wasnt great either
Maybe something to do with inflammation and excess weight.
Lots of diseases are linked to inflammation
I was a thin guy all my life till the meds hit, that being said, i wouldn’t say i was well nourished as far as good stuff is concerned
I don’t think weight, in and of itself, has much, if anything, to do with developing schizophrenia.
Even though about 1% of the population has schizophrenia, that doesn’t mean that every person has a 1% chance of having schizophrenia due to schizophrenia being heritable. That said, schizophrenia is not 100% genetic. If we look at identical twins (same DNA), where one twin has schizophrenia, the other twin has a 40% chance of developing schizophrenia.
With all of that said, I think the reason overweight children have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia is due to bullying.
What did you call me?!
Overweight children get bullied and it screws up their psyche.
You’re welcome. Now just give me all of that research money and get bent.
I was skinny as a twig until I got sick and took Zyprexa to fight it and gained weight
We’re talking 5’ 11" 135 pounds soaking wet
Thank you for the link to the science paper itself!
I wonder how true are the conclusions of the work.
The authors are affiliated with Chinese institutions, and Science Advances is a journal that was established quite recently, in 2015, but has a high impact-factor.
I’m afraid one must be a statistician to be able to judge the soundness of the techniques used and data analyzed.