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 * Prompt: Science Summary**

According to a study conducted by Professor Marmorstein at Rutgers University, adolescent females who experience obesity (Boyd, 220) or depression are at a greater risk‍ for the other as they get older‍. This longitudinal study (Boyd,15) was done by observing 1,500 males and females in the state of Minnesota for over ten years. Marmorstein and two colleagues found that depression occurring by early adolescence (Boyd, 275) in females predicts obesity by late adolescence while obesity that occurs by late adolescence in females predicts the onset of depression by early adulthood. (Rutgers University) Yet interestingly, there were no similar findings with the two disorders among the males. Marmorstein also stated that prevention efforts aimed at both of these disorders at the same time when one of them is diagnosed in adolescents might help decrease their prevalence and co-morbidity.(Rutgers University) One of the prevention suggestions made by Marmorstein was in the event an adolescent female is getting treated for obesity, do not just change her diet plan but combine exercise with the plan. Exercise will help speed up the weight-loss, but it can also assist with the treatment of depression.


 * References**:

Boyd, Denise Roberts., and Helen L. Bee. // Lifespan Development //. Sixth ed. Boston : Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2012. Print.

Rutgers University. (2014, March 21). Obesity, depression linked in teen girls, new study shows. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 25, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140321095344.htm

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