A report published in the Medical Journal of Australia is claiming that as high a number as 75% of Australians who live outside cities are ‘obese’ when they die and that as a result, their considerable girth is causing all manner of problems for mortuary and cemetery staff down under:
‘More than two-thirds of Australians living outside major cities are overweight or obese, and extremely obese corpses are creating a safety hazard at mortuaries, according to two studies released Sunday.
Nearly three quarters of men and 64 percent of women were overweight in a study of people in rural areas. Just 30 percent of those studied recorded a healthy weight, said research published in the Medical Journal of Australia.’
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Fatter corpses cause hazard for mortuaries (Reuters)
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