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Teenage women who are obese may be more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis as adults compared to female teens who are not obese.

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    crespi2 weeks ago

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    What's weird is that the three women I know who contracted MS were very very thin people.

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      teresagilc1 week, 6 days ago

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      I got MS and was thin - All the people at my MS camp are smaller people - I do not believe this story

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        b-happy1 week, 6 days ago

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        I always shake my head when I see these three hundred pound people standing in line at Starbucks or Mcdonalds. We should be putting scales in front of the Cashiers and making sure that these people can't get these type of foods.

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        meganfoxhot1 week, 6 days ago

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        I am shocked! to teresagilc: +1

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          Digisol1 week, 6 days ago

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          I understand that symptoms of multiple sclerosis are dramatically increased with increases in external and internal body temperature, however, I can seem to figure out why.

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