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We know obese people get cardiovascular disease more often than non-obese people, Litwin said.
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How long do non-smoking, non-obese Americans live?
Matthew Yglesias » The Health Care System Should Give People Good Advice About Health 2010
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Previous studies have shown that patients with obesity may not be receiving the same quality of health care as non-obese patients.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » The Pap Gap 2009
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Although further studies are definitely needed to establish long-term safety, health benefits for non-obese patients, health benefits for various chronic diseases, and dosing variations for various health goals, this is a great start on a road to looking for new health solutions to age-old health concerns.
Julie Chen, M.D.: Can Red Wine Help With Weight Loss? M.D. Julie Chen 2011
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In the study, functional MRI scanners monitored the brains of five obese and nine non-obese people as researchers adjusted the levels of sugar in their blood, changing them from normal to low.
Study: Obese people's brains may crave high-calorie foods 2011
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An obese person may never become a non-obese person, but can be far healthier than a person who is alienated from the health care system due to stigma and ineffective, harmful treatments.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Why Obesity is Not a Choice 2009
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In the working paper “Incidence of the Healthcare Costs of Obesity,” published last year by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Bundorf and co-author Jay Bhattacharya, also a health economist at Stanford, compared the wages of obese and non-obese workers, taking into account whether or not the subjects had employer-sponsored health insurance.
Do the Overweight Pull Their Weight?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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They found that non-obese workers earn higher cash wages than their obese colleagues — but only in workplaces that offer health coverage.
Do the Overweight Pull Their Weight?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In a paper, just published in OBESITY SURGERY, Maria Gabriela da Cunha and colleagues from the São Paulo University Medical School, Brazil, examined the voice feature characteristics in 45 adult volunteers of both sexes with a BMI greater than 35 compared to a control group of non-obese volunteers matched by sex, age, and smoking habits.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » The Voice of Obesity 2009
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Although further studies are definitely needed to establish long-term safety, health benefits for non-obese patients, health benefits for various chronic diseases, and dosing variations for various health goals, this is a great start on a road to looking for new health solutions to age-old health concerns.
Julie Chen, M.D.: Can Red Wine Help With Weight Loss? M.D. Julie Chen 2011
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