A new study reveals that depressed women have the same capacity to lose weight as women who are mentally stable.

According to findings published in Behavioral Medicine, clinically depressed women were no less likely to lose a drastic amount of weight than women who do not suffer from the disease.

Previous research has indicated that women suffering from mental disorders like depression may not fare as well in weight loss programs, leading some studies to exclude those suffering from the disease.

Researchers were surprised to find that there was no significant difference in mentally stable women and depressed women when it came to weight loss.

“We expected women with major depression to lose less weight, attend fewer sessions, eat more calories, and get less exercise than those without depression,” study leader Dr. Evette Ludman said.

The only difference noted was the amount of times women showed up to the weight loss interventions. Females who attended more than 12 sessions lost more weight than those who attended fewer sessions.

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