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Working out with weed

Scientists investigate the counter-intuitive connections between exercise and cannabis.
  1. Tien Nguyen

    1. Tien Nguyen is a freelance science journalist based in Washington DC.

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The stereotypical image of a cannabis smoker is someone who sprawls on the sofa for hours surrounded by a haze of smoke and half-eaten snacks. The scene is played up for laughs in films, but social psychologist Angela Bryan thought it could be cause for concern. After all, cannabis is known to increase appetite and aid relaxation, which might put people at risk of health conditions such as obesity, says Bryan, who is at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Nature 572, S14-S15 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02529-0

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Cannabis, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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