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Frequency Of Marijuana Use Associated With Lower Prevalence Of Obesity, Study Says

“People using cannabis are less likely to be obese than people who do not use cannabis,” authors say

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Colombes, France–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011.  The prevalence of obesity in the general population is sharply lower among marijuana consumers than it is among nonusers, according to an analysis published online this week in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Investigators at the Louis Moureir Hospital in Colombes, France analyzed cross-sectional data from two representative epidemiological studies of US adults…

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