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Obesity is Contagious |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 12:39 am |
| Tags: lose weight, fat, harvard, obese, overweight, socially contagious, study, yale |
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It's kind of like catching a cold...pretty easy if someone sneezes on you or shakes your hand after the blow their nose.Obesity has been found to be contagious by a group of researchers at the University of California in San Diego.A person's chances of becoming obese went up:1. 57 percent if a friend did, 2. 40 percent if a sibling did3. 37 percent if a spouse did. In the closest friendships, the risk almost tripled even if the friends and family lived far away.The study suggests that obesity is 'socially [ Full article ] |
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