Good news, stoners: Study links daily marijuana use to lower BMI
People who smoke marijuana daily may be slimmer than those who don't use the drug, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that people in the study who used marijuana daily had about a 3 percent lower BMI (body mass index), on average, than those who did not use marijuana at all.
"There is a popular belief that people who consume marijuana have the munchies, and so [they] are going to eat a lot and gain weight, and we found that it is not necessarily the case," said lead study author Isabelle C.
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