JAMA Network February 28, 2024
A range of high- and low-intensity types of exercise—especially walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training—might help treat depression, according to a meta-analysis of results from 218 randomized clinical trials that involved more than 14 100 people. The trials included participants of all ages with different degrees of depression.
Exercise tended to be about as effective for reducing depression as cognitive behavioral therapy or medications, although combining exercise with antidepressants tended to improve symptoms more than medication alone. The more...
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