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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs Marijuana Becomes Legal (cartoon)
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As Marijuana Becomes Legal (cartoon) (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2014
OP
I read here on the DU that cannabis users are less likely to be obese than non users
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
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MindPilot
(12,693 posts)1. Yeah, like we need to be motivated to eat more.
Nothing a big box store or restaurant likes more than a hungry patron.
That sample station in the corner of the parking lot of the Denver Costco is probably pretty popular!
Brawawawaaaa
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)3. Just like what happened
... in the Netherlands!
DebJ
(7,699 posts)4. I had read that this is pretty much restricted to locals only now as they
began having problems in recent years.
marmar
(76,976 posts)10. Not in Amsterdam. The Netherlands govt. backed off the locals-only thing.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)5. I read here on the DU that cannabis users are less likely to be obese than non users
The "munchies" aside, pot smokers are actually less likely than non-tokers to be obese, according to a study by a French researcher.
The examination of data from two separate studies of more than 50,000 U.S. adults found that 14% to 17% of people who smoked pot at least three days per week were obese, compared with 22% to 25% among non-cannibis users.
The research team headed by Yann Le Strat, a psychiatrist at the Louis-Mourier Hospital in Colombes, France, appears in the Sept. 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
"Initially, we thought we made a mistake," says Le Strat, according to Reuters. He says he and co-author Bernard Le Foll checked the results several times to make sure they were correct.
The examination of data from two separate studies of more than 50,000 U.S. adults found that 14% to 17% of people who smoked pot at least three days per week were obese, compared with 22% to 25% among non-cannibis users.
The research team headed by Yann Le Strat, a psychiatrist at the Louis-Mourier Hospital in Colombes, France, appears in the Sept. 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
"Initially, we thought we made a mistake," says Le Strat, according to Reuters. He says he and co-author Bernard Le Foll checked the results several times to make sure they were correct.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/study-pot-smokers-less-obese-than-non-users/1
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)6. I agree. When I used to smoke a lot of hash...
I didn't get the munchies that often, but if I did, I would just imagine food often as not.
I'm a lot larger now than when I smoked.
RandiFan1290
(6,206 posts)8. Thank you
I wish Americans would grow up and stop the silly munchie and Cheech and Chong jokes.
Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)9. Simple explanation...you forget to eat.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)7. du rec.