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Do you fall into one of these obesity categories?

UK: These are among the six types of obese person identified by scientists in a new study - which could revolutionise how doctors treat the overweight.

The study puts fatties in six categories: heavy drinking males; young healthy females; the affluent and healthy elderly; the physically sick but happy elderly; the unhappy and anxious middle-aged; and those with the poorest health.

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