More Debt Means More Obesity, Study Says

Baack · Aug 9, 2009

Financial belt-tightening could result in a literal belt loosening as hard times force people to adjust their dietary habits, according to a German study of indebtedness and obesity.

The likelihood of being overweight or obese doubled with increasing indebtedness, an association that could not be explained by other socioeconomic or medical factors, according to an article published online in the journal BMC Public Health.
One plausible explanation relates to the potential impact of indebtedness on risk factors for obesity and other chronic diseases.
"These findings are in accordance with international models assuming a link between individual's financial situation and the diversity of access to 'healthy' food," Eva Munster of the University of Mainz and colleagues observed. "An inverse relationship between energy density of food and its costs, combined with the inability to pay, can be a partial reason for the higher risk of overweight or obesity among overindebted subjects."

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old-school · Aug 9, 2009

SEE it is not the buffet at flying j or the hot dogs from pilot. lol

Big Duker · Aug 9, 2009

We still have the fattest poor people on the planet. Go figure.

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