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Is your debt making you fat? Study says yes
Over using your credit cards may be linked to loosening your waistbands.
A recent German study published in the journal BMC Public Health says that the recent credit crunch is making people even fatter.
“Over-indebtedness was associated with an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity that was not explained by traditional definitions of socioeconomic status. Over-indebtedness should be additionally considered when assessing health effects of socioeconomic status,” the study says.
It should come to no surprise that one theory is that hard times force people to change their eating habits.
Do you want extra cheese with that?
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By Stuck
August 10, 2009 2:54 PM | Link to this
By the way the article reads, shouldn’t the title be that your “debt” is making you fat?