Does exercise really ease anxiety? »

Exercise doesn't seem to ease anxiety or depression, says a recent study conducted in the Netherlands among twins, one of whom exercised, while the other didn't.Marleen HM De Moor of VU University Amsterdam and colleagues studied 5,952 twins from the Netherlands Twin Register, along with 1,357 additional siblings and 1,249 parents. Participants, aged between 18 and 50, filled out surveys about leisure-time exercise and completed four scales measuring anxious and depressive symptoms.Associations observed between exercise and anxious and depressive symptoms "were small and were best explained by common genetic factors with opposite effects on exercise behaviour and symptoms of anxiety and depression," the authors note. Exercise behavior in one identical twin predicted anxious and depressive symptoms in the other, meaning that if one twin exercised more, the other tended to have fewer symptoms.However, the same was not true of dizygotic (fraternal) twins or other siblings, who share only part of their genetic material.In addition, analyses over time showed that individuals who increased their level of exercise did not experience a decrease in anxious and depressive symptoms. Tag : is it anxiety or depression,symptoms of anxiety or depression,do i have anxiety or depression,signs of anxiety or depression,medications for anxiety or depression,anxiety or depression test,anxiety or depression in children,herbs for anxiety or depression,social anxiety or depression,what came first anxiety or depression

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