A new US study has given further support to the theory that the painful, debilitating experience of a migraine is linked to obesity in young women. Writing in US medical journal Headache, University of Washington researchers said girls who suffer from migraines as teenagers were more likely to be overweight later in life. Four out of 10 women with childhood migraines that participated in the study gained at least 10kg since turning 18, compared to three of 10 women who never reported having a migraine. Dr Michelle A Williams and her Seattle research team studied data from 3733 women who were being analysed for a separate study.
The pain of a migraine, which is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, makes women eat differently or alters their physical activity, Dr Williams told Reuters. While the findings do suggest weight and migraines are strongly linked, Dr Williams said further research was needed to draw stronger conclusions.
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