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Obesity epidemic puts strain on Canadian health care system

Obese individuals will have to see their doctors more often than tobacco users according to a recent study by James McIntosh.
Obese individuals will have to see their doctors more often than tobacco users according to a recent study by James McIntosh.

Obesity leads to more medical visits than tobacco consumption, according to a study led by James McIntosh, a professor in the Department of Economics: TVA NouvellesThe Montreal GazetteCanoeNews Track IndiaTimes of IndiaZee NewsNews MedicalScience DailyTop NewsNetdoctor, Red Orbit, The Daily Journal, The Toronto Telegraph, Newsmax Health, Go articles and Medical Xpress.

The study is referenced in a news release about the work of American bariatric surgeon Dr. Michael Feiz: Yahoo FinanceDigital JournalMarketwatchPR Newswire and Melodika.

Read the Concordia NOW story: Weight loss today keeps the doctor away.


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