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Fat Loves Company

by Mahnoor Khan on May 25, 2012

Fat Loves Company

 

If you think having fat friends can make you fat, you’re not far off from the truth. It has been found that obesity is contagious, like a virus. This may seem hard to believe, but unfortunately, it is true. You’ve heard the expression, “Misery loves company?” Well, the same can be said of fat.
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that followed 12,067 people for 32 years. Some of these peole were friends or neighbors with each other, or even related. Each person’s weight was tracked during this time period, lasting from 1971 through 2003.

Researchers were astounded to discover that subjects in the study were more

3 Comments

friends can make us fat in a sense that you following his/her routines especially if you are together most of the days..
But I think it does not mean that you have fat friends, you will be fat also..It depends on your metabolism, discipline and other routines at
home..
Interesting!..Thanks for sharing..:))

12 months ago

If you think having fat friends can make you fat, you’re not far off from the truth.

10 months ago