Are they true? Outlandish medical hypotheses
Overweight people are jollier than thin people
Psychologists at Lakehead University in Canada have found that the idea of a "jolly fat person" may actually be true, at least with women.
By studying the Body Mass Index (BMI) they found that women with the higher rating on the BMI displayed less symptoms of depression and anxiety. A possible cause could be that potent oestrogens are found in fatty tissues.
Likelihood of being true:7/10
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