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InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j9tgxts wrote

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>There was a negative association between IQ and obesity in the UK population.
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>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lim2.11

The main causal link between intelligence and bmi, is that less intelligent people are more likely to do things that make them overweight/obese.

edit: Here also showing a negative correlation between BMI and years of education.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797329/

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