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<li>Ref:: <a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/07/30/are-overweight-politicians-less-trustworthy">The Economist</a>, <a href="https://app.box.com/s/ul5wbwovd11c1r5f0wkll2uo28xpgi65">pdf</a></li>
<li>Title:: Are overweight politicians less trustworthy?</li>
<li>Author:: The Economist</li>
<li>Year of publication:: 2020</li>
<li>Category:: Blog</li>
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<p>A <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ecot.12259">study</a> by Pavlo Blavatskyy, a member of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Chair, which is part of LabEx Entrepreneurship (University of Montpellier, France) and is funded by the French government (Labex Entreprendre, ANR-10-Labex-11-01)</p>
<p>In the former Soviet Union, obese governments are seen as more corrupt. The median estimated body-mass index (BMI) of cabinet ministers is highly correlated with conventional measures of corruption</p>
<p><img src="https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/769/90/sites/default/files/20200801_WOC656.png" alt="minister-bmi-vs-corruption" style="max-width:300px;display:block;margin:0 auto;"></p>

Are Overweight Politicians Less Trustworthy

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