title: Migraine and obesity, is there a link?
abstract: Obesity and migraine are two frequent conditions found in the general population. In the past years, large-scale studies have established epidemiological links between the two conditions. Migraine prevalence appears to be increased in the obese population, and some characteristics of migraine are affected in the overweight population. More recent but limited data point out an improvement of migraine in the obese population after weight loss. Obesity may facilitate migraine progression to chronic daily headache or chronic migraine. Common physiological mechanisms that would be responsible for both conditions are not fully established. Several hypotheses suggest a common etiological factor for obesity and migraine. This work proposes to review the epidemiological data and to highlight the main hypotheses currently discussed.
authors.affiliation: Consultation céphalées et douleur, centre hospitalier de la région Annecienne, 1, avenue de l'Hôpital, Metz Tessy, BP 90074, 74374 Pringy, France. pgiraud@ch-annecy.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chauvet
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology