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Restless leg syndrome linked to obesity

(Reuters) UPDATED 2009-04-08

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) may be linked to your waist size, a new study has found. A study of 88,000 adults found that people who are obese are 42 percent more likely to suffer from RLS than normal-weight adults. People who carried their weight mainly in their belly were 60 percent more likely to have the disorder. Researchers say the link between the two conditions is still unclear.
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