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Obese Drivers at Higher Risk of Dying in Car Crashes: UB Study

Updated March 4, 2014 This content is archived.

Dietrich Jehle, MD, professor and vice chair of emergency medicine, found that obese drivers may be at a strikingly higher risk of dying in car crashes because they often don’t wear seat belts.

  • 2/6/14 UB Study Shows Obese Individuals Often Drive Unbuckled [The Car Connection]
  • 1/31/14 UB Study is Largest to Link Seat Belt Use, Obesity [Fox News]
  • 1/31/14 Study Shows Obese People Less Likely to Wear Seat Belts [Medical Daily]
  • 1/30/14 Normal-Weight Drivers Far More Likely to Buckle Up [Reuters]
  • 1/30/14 2 Out of 3 Americans Overweight Or Obese [Chicago Tribune]
  • 1/30/14 Heavy People Struggle to Wear Seat Belts [Baltimore Sun]
  • 1/30/14 Better Designs Urged to Aid Seat Belt Use [WTBX-FM]
  • 1/30/14 Most Seat Belts Accommodate Up To 215-Pound Men [Yahoo News]
  • 1/30/14 Findings Based On Nearly 195,000 Fatal Crashes [Orlando Sentinel]
  • 1/30/14 Seat Belts That Work for Heavy Drivers Will Help Save Lives [Global Post]

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