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Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption? - C C - Dec 18, 2024
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/obesity-and-corruption/
KEY POINTS: Corruption makes you fat — that’s the hypothesis behind a creative study that compared body mass index (BMI) with conventional measures of corruption in post-Soviet countries. The study found that the BMI of government ministers is highly correlated with the corruption of those governments. The study earned an Ig Nobel prize, but questions remain: What if you’re corrupt and health-conscious? (MORE - details)