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Saturday, May 15, 2010 (15:25:38) |
| Tags : Wallet, Waistline, Study |
Men with fatter wallets have bigger waistlines |
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| Toronto, May 15: The bigger the wallet, the bigger is the waistline, says a new study.
An expert said: "Women aren't spared by this correlation, but the results are ambiguous."
"However, women from rich households are less likely to be obese than women of middle or lower incomes," he added.
She used data that provided access to information on some 7,000 adults aged 25 to 65.
"Many epidemiological studies have established that the odds of being overweight or obese decrease as family income increases," she said. "But we don't know why this relationship is inverted for men. According to the sources, the richer they are, the fatter they are."
Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of people.
So why are rich men and poor women more likely to be obese? She researched all existing literature and concluded that only a socio-economic hypothesis could explain the link of obesity and income for women. Yet no hypothesis could explain the phenomenon observed in men.
"Since the 1980s, the greatest increase in obesity levels has been among rich men," said she.
According to her, one possible explanation is dining out. "Men love restaurants. And people who regularly eat out have no control over what they eat. They also tend to eat more calories and consume larger amounts of alcohol."
Too many restaurant meals, combined with a decrease in physical activity, is another possibility. "There are obviously various factors at play: We still haven't empirically proved them," she maintained.
By 2030, according to the World Health Organisation, 2.3 billion people will be overweight and 700 million will be obese. (IANS) |
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