"Over-Indebtedness
associated to obesity"
According to a recent study, over-indebted Germans are more likely to
be overweight or
obese than the population in general. But most particularly to the
psychological and social
stress experienced by over-indebted individuals.
Data were collected for a total of more than 9000 persons. Of the 949
over-indebted persons
who completed the questionnaire sent out by the researchers, 25% were
obese. By way of
comparison, only 11% of the remaining 8318 subjects were obese.
This corresponds to an over-indebtedness rate of about 10% in the
sample collected by the
researchers.
The survey indicates therefore there is an increased probability that a
private individual who
is over-indebted will be overweight, that is, clinically obese.
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