Talk about counter intuitive, weight loss among marijuana users is at
least that. After all, “everyone knows” marijuana gives you the
“munchies”.
A study titled The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Body Weight was published on November 25th, 2015 in the journal Health Economics.
The title of the journal is a tip on the purpose of the study. They were focused on the health costs savings from reduced obesity and other healthy conditions among medical marijuana users in states where it has been legalized.
The researchers declared, “we estimate a back-of-the-envelope per-person reduction in MML [medical marijuana law] induced obesity related medical costs of $58 to $115 per year.”
As an epidemiological study using 20 years of personal data accumulated by the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS), several healthy signs involving medical or recreational marijuana use were observed by the researchers from Cornell and San Diego State University joint effort that probed into the private lives of marijuana users.
Their focus on weight loss or obesity prevention motivated some outrageous theories based on some interesting facts gleaned from their analysis. From the study’s lead author Joseph Stabia:
“For younger individuals, we find some evidence that MMLs (medical marijuana laws) may induce substitution away from alcohol and toward a lower-caloric buzz, resulting in lower body weight. For older individuals, we find some evidence that MML-induced increases in marijuana use may result in effective treatment of medical conditions that impede mobility (such as fibromyalgia or other joint ailments), increasing exercise and reducing body weight.”
These theories appear to be reaching a bit too much for reducing obesity in my opinion. Could be an effort to get more funding for “additional studies” in order to become more conclusive.
source : fhfn
A study titled The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Body Weight was published on November 25th, 2015 in the journal Health Economics.
The title of the journal is a tip on the purpose of the study. They were focused on the health costs savings from reduced obesity and other healthy conditions among medical marijuana users in states where it has been legalized.
The researchers declared, “we estimate a back-of-the-envelope per-person reduction in MML [medical marijuana law] induced obesity related medical costs of $58 to $115 per year.”
As an epidemiological study using 20 years of personal data accumulated by the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS), several healthy signs involving medical or recreational marijuana use were observed by the researchers from Cornell and San Diego State University joint effort that probed into the private lives of marijuana users.
Their focus on weight loss or obesity prevention motivated some outrageous theories based on some interesting facts gleaned from their analysis. From the study’s lead author Joseph Stabia:
“For younger individuals, we find some evidence that MMLs (medical marijuana laws) may induce substitution away from alcohol and toward a lower-caloric buzz, resulting in lower body weight. For older individuals, we find some evidence that MML-induced increases in marijuana use may result in effective treatment of medical conditions that impede mobility (such as fibromyalgia or other joint ailments), increasing exercise and reducing body weight.”
These theories appear to be reaching a bit too much for reducing obesity in my opinion. Could be an effort to get more funding for “additional studies” in order to become more conclusive.
source : fhfn
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