Thought of the Day

I have often read articles about obesity where the author cites depression, among other, more legitimate causes, like hypothyroidism, as an excusatory reason for one being overweight. In my humble opinion, this is utter bullshit. Not all of the clinically depressed are fat. There are plenty of physically fit depressed people. They battle their depression by running on a treadmill instead of eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's. I understand there are factors which attribute to obesity other than sloth and gluttony. Depression is not one of them.