Posted by Cecilia on February 1, 2005, at 3:00:39 [reposted on February 1, 2005, at 18:56:47 | original URL]
In reply to I wish I would have known this a long time ago, posted by bruin on January 30, 2005, at 0:54:42
I think you have to take studies touting the benefit of exercise for depression with a grain of salt for 2 reasons: one, they`re not double blind, obviously the person knows whether they`re exercising or not (though granted most drug studies are not really double blind either, most people know by the side effects whether they`re on the real drug or not) and two, the more depressed the person is to begin with the less likely they are to be able to make themselves complete the exercise study. Cecilia
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