Stories have found those of you who are scraping your wallets in this financial time has lead to people with bigger paunches and more trips for cheap fast food. These hard financial times have also lead to more cases of depression, obesity, and drug use. Hopefully the hard times will soon be done, and people can go back to worrying about things such as their waistline.
More Debt Means More Obesity, Study Says
Being in Debt Doubles Risk of Being Overweight
By CHARLES BANKHEAD
MedPage Today Staff Writer
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. More...
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