Are you depressed? Watch out for diabetes

Researchers have long known that people with depression have a higher tisk of developing type 2 diabetes, but have only now confirmed that depression is a direct cause of this endocrine problem. — dpa

Depression is a direct cause of type 2 diabetes and not just because people may be overweight, new research suggests.

Experts funded by the British charity Diabetes UK have found a causal relationship and shared genetics suggesting that depression may actually cause type 2 diabetes, which affects around 4.5 million people in the United Kingdom (and millions more worldwide).