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'The study, presented at this year’s European Congress on #Obesity in Málaga, Spain, found that #married men were 3.2 times more likely to be #obese than unmarried men, but there was no increase in obesity risk for married women.

#Marriage also increased the odds of being overweight by 62% in men and 39% in women.'

theguardian.com/society/2025/m

The Guardian · Marriage triples risk of obesity in men – but not women, study revealsBy Anna Bawden

#Illness caused by #obesity causes people to take an extra four sick days a year on average, while many others are forced out of work altogether.”
Where's #Wes' #evidence?
Few #companies track of your #weight at the time you give them a #Fitnote?

Is he making his assumptions on #heart conditions & #diabetes T2, also assuming they're all #obese which isn't true & that all #diabetics have poorly controlled #bloodglucose, which they don't.
theguardian.com/society/2024/o
#Government #discrimination

The Guardian · Unemployed could be given weight-loss jabs to get back to work, says Wes StreetingBy Jamie Grierson

Individuals in Italy who as children were more exposed to meat scarcity tend to consume relatively more meat and spend more on food during late adulthood

higher #probability of being #obese, having poor self-perceived #health, developing #cancer

larger for #women, persist #intergenerationally, as the adult children of mothers similarly tend to #overconsume #meat

E. Adamopoulou, E. Olivieri, E. Triviza
#ZEW
ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp2