Thursday, May 1, 2008

Better-educated Women Are A Healthier Weight, New Research Reveals

ScienceDaily (May 1, 2008) — A new comparison of multi-national data, released this month, reveals that highly educated women have a healthier average weight than less educated women, but that the meaning of "healthier" changes according to a nation's relative wealth. In countries where malnutrition is prevalent, better-educated women weigh more. But in wealthier countries -- with rapidly growing rates of obesity -- better-educated women weigh less.

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