Comments on: Marital Status and Body Weight Changes http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/ An unbiased look at today's health care issues Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: George http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/#comment-172926 George Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:50:39 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/#comment-172926 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-172572 Dan Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:19:47 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/10/marital-status-and-body-weight-changes/#comment-172572 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-137324 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-137324 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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