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Study: Obese women are least likely to be able to do this

Posted at 3:05 PM, Mar 09, 2015
and last updated 2015-03-09 15:05:13-04

A new study suggests obese women who need to lose weight the most are least likely to be able to do so.

Researchers in Nashville followed nearly two dozen obese women, and found women who were insulin resistant and had the slowest metabolisms were also the hungriest -- and they were the least likely to be able to eat less.

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