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2018-04-05 07:34:58
Can obesity cause intrusive thoughts.... and can loosing weight stop them. I heard that intrusive thoughts are due to less serotonin.... would loosing weight increase serotonin.
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There is no such relation between intrusive thoughts and obesity. I don't think that weight loss might help in that.

Answered2018-04-05 11:43:42

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Hi There is no correlation as such between obesity n serotonin levels to the best of my knowledge. Loosing weight healthily in obesity is always a good idea.

Answered2018-04-05 11:13:33

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