Obesity goes with depression, but is not the cause

So a study says that obese women are depressed about their weight.

Women with clinical depression were more than twice as likely to be obese, defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or more; likewise, obese women were more than twice as likely to be depressed, the study found. The stigma of being overweight could hurt self-esteem, and thus, efforts to lose weight, Simon said. "It's not that these women are clueless," he said. "It's that they're hopeless."
Obese women should focus on rebuilding their spirit, which can help with losing pounds, he added.

We are looking at this the wrong way round. The tendency to be insulin resistant goes with feeling depressed. Depressed women who lose weight stay depressed, or rather, find another thing to be depressed or miserable or negative about. We all know that if you have a problem and call it "food" then when you get on top of the food problem all you have left is the original problem.

That is why food addicts return to their addiction even after years of success: they can't bear the pain any more.

We need to understand that pain. It's driving the whole obesity thing.