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Of 51 long-term female in-patients receiving psychotropic drugs, 62% were overweight or obese, and 73% were centrally obese to a degree which could be dangerous to their health. The patients also had waist: hip ratios which were significantly higher than expected for their age and obesity (P < 0.01).
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Stedman et al. (1993) studied this question.
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