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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is negatively associated with being overweight, meaning individuals with GAD are less likely to be overweight.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is associated with a lower likelihood of being overweight. This may be due to the somatic symptoms of anxiety or excessive worry preventing overeating. However, this finding requires confirmation and should not be used to dismiss the health risks of anxiety.

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Generalized anxiety disorder was negatively associated with overweight... Generalized anxiety disorder was negatively associated with being overweight among males and among all subjects.
Gregor Hasler et al. · Psychological Medicine · 2004

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Robust longitudinal design, though authors caution about causality.

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The associations between psychopathology and being overweight: a 20-year prospective study

Gregor Hasler et al. · Psychological Medicine · 2004

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