Even highly educated obese women have double the risk of depression compared with women of normal weight and same educational attainment finds a new study. Previous research has shown an association of depression and obesity with low education but we're showing it also exists with women who have higher education as well said lead study author Ashley Kranjac from the Rice University in Houston US. I was surprised by the findings. Usually higher education is associated with all the good things like higher income better neighbourhoods greater access to health care and better overall health and you'd never think education