Risk of gallstones is 7 times higher in women with BMI of 45 or more

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Women with a body mass index of 45 or more -- extremely obese -- are seven times more likely to get gallstones than women of normal weight notes the report Storing Up Problems: The Medical Case for a Slimmer Nation by the Royal College of Physicians. Rapid weight loss also increases the risk of gallstones. REFERENCE

Royal College of Physicians. Storing Up Problems: The Medical Case for a Slimmer Nation. London: Royal College Press, 2004 Feb.

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