To become a licensed Psychologist in Indiana you are required to have a doctoral degree in psychology or a closely related subject such as educational psychology, this must be from an accredited or approved school.
But in general, over five million Americans have an underactive thyroid that puts them at an increased risk for obesity. While hypothyroidism is hardly uncommon and is easy to treat, because it is often difficult to detect when symptoms first begin, it can be problematic.
1 A goiter (enlarged thyroid gland) can be caused by eating both too little or too much iodine. 2  The symptoms of either can also be the same: hypothyroidism, in which metabolism slows and weight and cholesterol increases; or hyperthyroidism where metabolism increases resulting in weight loss.