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Old 12-02-2013, 08:18 AM  
ThunderBalls
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
"... tendency of people to adjust their behavior in response to the perceived level of risk, behaving less cautiously where they feel more protected and more cautiously where they feel a higher level of risk"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation

how and if that applies to health is debatable, but what PornoMonster said is far from stupid...
I guess that explains all those fat unhealthy people in Europe. Oh wait, thats the southern US where there are more people without health coverage than in any other part of the civilized world.

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