Comments on: Marital Status and Body Weight Changes http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-571 George Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:50:39 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/#comment-571 Great post:)) A bit unffair though, in none of the hypothesys the women don't lose weight :P Great post:)) A bit unffair though, in none of the hypothesys the women don’t lose weight :P

]]> By: Dan http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Dan Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:19:47 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/#comment-570 I'm planing with my girlfriend that if we ever get married we go swimming together each week :D I’m planing with my girlfriend that if we ever get married we go swimming together each week :D

]]> By: Daniel S. Goldberg http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Daniel S. Goldberg Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:51:29 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/#comment-569 Obesity is itself a disease? How so? I'd also add that the precise links between all but morbid obesity and disease are highly contested at present. I'm not suggesting obesity is good for you, but that the certitude generally adopted WRT to obesity and illness is not itself evidence-based, because the evidence is uncertain (see, e.g., Gard & Wright, 2006). Obesity is itself a disease? How so?

I’d also add that the precise links between all but morbid obesity and disease are highly contested at present. I’m not suggesting obesity is good for you, but that the certitude generally adopted WRT to obesity and illness is not itself evidence-based, because the evidence is uncertain (see, e.g., Gard & Wright, 2006).

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