"Over-Indebtedness leads 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 that over-indebtedness causes individuals to be overweight, that is, clinically obese. |
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