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Marijuana Use Associated With Less Obesity

In order to estimate the prevalence of obesity with cannabis (marijuana) use, the authors evaluated data from 2 epidemiological studies of US adults 18 or older, the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, and the National Comorbidity Survey.

This study found that obesity was approximately 8 percentage points less among those who used marijuana at least 3 days per week.