dartmoth graduate
OBESITY LINKED TO LESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BETTER ECONOMY 4/30/2012 1:21PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
From the linked article:

"...the odds of an obese man being arrested are 64% of those of a healthy weight man. The social costs of obesity may be overstated if obesity reduces the likelihood of arrest because the obese are less criminally active."

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X1200007X
M.C. Confusing
RE: OBESITY LINKED TO LESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BETTER ECONOMY 4/30/2012 1:51PM - in reply to dartmoth graduate Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Obesity = less criminal activity
Less criminal activity = better economy
Obesity =/= better economy
Mr. Obvious
RE: OBESITY LINKED TO LESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BETTER ECONOMY 4/30/2012 2:13PM - in reply to dartmoth graduate Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
dartmoth graduate wrote:

obesity reduces the likelihood of arrest because the obese are less criminally active."

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X1200007X


They can't run away as well.
BigManOnCampus
RE: OBESITY LINKED TO LESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BETTER ECONOMY 4/30/2012 3:49PM - in reply to M.C. Confusing Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Just because a test shows that less obese men are arrested than healthy weight men does not mean it is the obesity that is effecting the arrest percentage