{"id":82887,"date":"2024-01-17T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/?p=82887"},"modified":"2024-04-06T04:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T04:01:16","slug":"clues-to-how-mental-stress-takes-toll-on-physical-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/news\/clues-to-how-mental-stress-takes-toll-on-physical-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Clues to How Mental Stress Takes Toll on Physical Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15\">\n<div class=\"arrow-component arr--summary-element arr-custom-style summary-m_summary-border__M9hrr \" data-test-id=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"summary-m_content__37n8C summary-m_content-border__3ilmJ summary-m_dark__1ZuzR summary-m_dark__1ZuzR\">\n<h2><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-82889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-brett-sayles-1194196-scaled-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stress appears to increase risk of metabolic syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Inflammation prompted by stress explains more than half its associated risk, researchers said<\/li>\n<li>Metabolic syndrome increases a person\u2019s risk of chronic health problems like heart disease or diabetes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15\">\n<div class=\"arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 \" data-test-id=\"text\">\n<p>MONDAY, Jan. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) &#8212; Stress appears to increase a person\u2019s chances of developing metabolic syndrome, a cluster of unhealthy factors that add up to an increased risk for serious problems, a new study finds.<\/p>\n<p>Inflammation driven by a person\u2019s stress levels can make them more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, just as their lifestyle and genetics also contribute to the risk, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>So, simple stress-reduction techniques might be a way to help improve people\u2019s health as they enter middle age, the researchers concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many variables that influence metabolic syndrome, some we can\u2019t modify, but others that we can,\u201d said senior study author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psychology.osu.edu\/people\/hayes.1075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"content\">Jasmeet Hayes<\/a>, an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody experiences stress, and stress management is one modifiable factor that\u2019s cost-effective as well as something people can do in their daily lives without having to get medical professionals involved,\u201d Hayes added in a university news release.<\/p>\n<p>People with metabolic syndrome have at least three of five factors that increase the risk of chronic health problems like diabetes or heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>These factors are excess belly fat, high blood pressure, low HDL \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol and high levels of either blood sugar or \u201cbad\u201d triglycerides, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>For this study, researchers analyzed medical data from nearly 650 people taking part in a study of midlife health in the United States. The study gathered information about participants\u2019 stress levels, blood markers for inflammation and risk factors for metabolic syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not much research that has looked at all three variables at one time,\u201d said lead researcher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/u.osu.edu\/mindsetlab\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"content\">Savana Jurgens<\/a>, a psychology graduate student in Hayes\u2019 lab. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work that suggests stress is associated with inflammation, inflammation is associated with metabolic syndrome and stress is associated with metabolic syndrome. But putting all those pieces together is rare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Analysis revealed that stress is indeed significantly related to metabolic syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Further, researchers found that inflammation explained more than half of that connection &#8212; nearly 62%, to be precise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a small effect of perceived stress on metabolic syndrome, but inflammation explained a large proportion of that,\u201d Jurgens said.<\/p>\n<p>Other factors included lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet, smoking, poor sleep, low income, advanced age and being female, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>However, since an estimated one in three American adults has metabolic syndrome, every factor contributing to this health crisis must be taken into account, researchers argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople think of stress as mental health, that it\u2019s all psychological. It is not. There are real physical effects to having chronic stress,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cIt could be inflammation, it could be metabolic syndrome or a number of things. This is another reminder of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Future studies will take a closer look at the specific effects stress has on metabolic syndrome, and whether stress management can reduce inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>The new report was published recently in the journal\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666354623001102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"content\">Brain, Behavior, &amp; Immunity \u2013 Health<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666354623001102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"content\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association has more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/health-topics\/metabolic-syndrome\/about-metabolic-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"content\">metabolic syndrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Ohio State University, news release, Jan. 12, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stress.org\">The American Institue of Stress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author-card-m_dark__1u0YB author-card-m_author-card-label__1rXx4\">By: <\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qt-image gm-added gm-loaded gm-observing gm-observing-cb\" src=\"https:\/\/media.assettype.com\/healthday-en%2F2023-10%2F4916c0ec-7b26-4c00-a7e1-e71889d21f4e%2Fdennisthompson.webp?auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;format=webp&amp;w=50&amp;dpr=1.0\" alt=\"Dennis Thompson\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.assettype.com\/healthday-en%2F2023-10%2F4916c0ec-7b26-4c00-a7e1-e71889d21f4e%2Fdennisthompson.webp?auto=format%2Ccompress\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"author-card-m_multiple-author-style__1Fd3D author-card-m_dark__1u0YB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthday.com\/author\/dennis-thompson\" aria-label=\"author-name\">Dennis Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/grayscale-photo-of-man-thinking-in-front-of-analog-wall-clock-1194196\/\">Photo by Brett Sayles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Stress appears to increase risk of metabolic syndrome Inflammation prompted by stress explains more than half its associated risk, researchers said Metabolic syndrome increases a person\u2019s risk of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":82890,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[139,142,15,159,166],"tags":[136,137,172,141,143,173,174,120,147,175,167,151],"class_list":["post-82887","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-life-blog","category-health","category-mental-health","category-stress-in-your-body","category-wellness","tag-ais","tag-american-institute-of-stress","tag-exercise","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-metablic","tag-physical-acitvity","tag-stress","tag-stress-management","tag-stress-reduction","tag-wellness","tag-workplace-stress","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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