31 May 2023 --- The risk of developing mental disorders increases with obesity, according to scientists at the Complexity Science Hub and the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. The study found that this goes for all age groups and that obese women are at higher risk for most disorders, except schizophrenia and nicotine addiction, compared to obese men. NutritionInsight speaks with two co-authors of the study from the Medical University Vienna, Austria – Alexander Kautzky, a scientist at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Michael Leutner, a consultant at the Department of Medicine III – Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
