Health and Fitness

Oxford Study Suggests Economic Insecurity Can Make You Obese

GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–11 January 2011. An Oxford University study suggests that people living in countries with ‘free market’ regimes are more likely to become obese due to the stress of being exposed to economic insecurity. The researchers believe that the stress of living in a competitive social system without a strong welfare state could be causing people to overeat. According to the study published in the latest issue of the journal Economics and Human Biology, Americans…

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