Fat friends make you fat

[rado]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....e_you_fat.html


HAVING a fat :bbq: friend hugely increases the chance of you going the same way, a new study says.

Obesity is 'socially contagious', spreading from person to person in a social network, say researchers.

The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, says that when a person becomes obese, the chances that a friend of theirs will also become obese increases by 57 per cent.

Researchers from Harvard and the University of California found that a fat person's siblings have a 40 per cent increased risk, and their spouse a 37 per cent increased risk.

The researchers analysed data over 32 years for 12,067 adults who underwent repeated medical assessments as part of a heart study.

They were able to map the interconnected social network using information that listed participants' family changes and contact information for their closest friends.

A research spokesman said: "What appears to be happening is that a person becoming obese most likely causes a change of norms about what counts as an appropriate body size.

"People come to think that it is okay to be bigger since those around them are bigger, and this sensibility spreads."

[aray]

Stands to reason fat people don't hang out with gym goers. I long time ago someone told me you don't go to the bar to listen to the piano player. If I hang out with someone who camps out in baskin robbins I am sure our asses will soon grow to be matching book ends

[FitnessBrat]

It does seem like a lot of fat people have fat friends - but I'll be damned if I'M going to get fat by having one.

[dreamgirl]

I was in a sorority in college where out of our 75 members, I would say that about 50 of them were obese and 25 were not. I weighed 109 in college and never more than that. I also lived in the house with 15 total girls and I would say that 6 were normal weight and 9 were obese and none of us 6 switched over to the obese side... I would say this is untrue.

[rado]

Originally Posted by dreamgirl

I was in a sorority in college where out of our 75 members, I would say that about 50 of them were obese and 25 were not. I weighed 109 in college and never more than that. I also lived in the house with 15 total girls and I would say that 6 were normal weight and 9 were obese and none of us 6 switched over to the obese side... I would say this is untrue.

I can agree with the link..."Birds of a feather flock together"


And the only thing "flocking" here is some fat cells

[grnmchn]

Guess I shouldn't make friends with fat people then

[fog_hat1981]

I know some people who make friends with people they look down upon just to feel better about themselves - in one case I believe it backfired on this person and now they're right there in the same "class" - ahaha...

[rado]

Originally Posted by grnmchn

Guess I shouldn't make friends with fat people then

You shallow fuck

[grnmchn]

What, it's part of my fitness plan...............