Exercise protects against depression world over: comprehensive study

Radio Canada International – Lynn Desjardins

An analysis of 49 studies involving more than 266,000 people suggests that physical activity can protect against the emergence of depression. “If you look across the world there is consistent evidence that physical activity has the capacity to prevent the onset of depression, not for everybody. But disproportionately, higher activity leads to lower risk of depression,” says Dr. Benjamin Goldstein, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Sunny Brook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. “That’s true across different continents, for men and for women, for old and young.” (more)