Depression and changes in weight

Depression could cause weight gain or weight loss, and this varies from person to person.
Weight loss
Depression may make you experience a lack of energy due to an insufficient diet, or one that is lacking adequate nutrition. Weight loss sometimes results when a person is depressed, but this is not generally a healthy loss of weight, as the person probably had no intention of losing weight in the first place and may thus have not even consumed sufficient calories for his body to function normally.
Weight gain
Often, people who are depressed turn to food as a source of comfort. High calorie foods - mostly fatty and sugary - tend to be the first choice of many. In addition compulsive eating, binge eating or overeating may also be present, all of which can affect your efforts to lose weight.

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