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Originally Posted by William Wallace  Family, Freinds, Siblings & Obesity
This National Institute on Aging study of 12,000 Boston area residents is in this weeks New England Journal of Medicine .
Apparently the liklihood of a person becoming obese goes up 57 percent if a friend becomes obese, 40 percent if a sibling becomes obese & 37 percent if a spouse becomes obese. For best friends becoming obese the risk was over 200%!
Supposedly it becomes more acceptable if those around you become overweight. The statistics were slightly worse when the person who put on weight was of the same sex.
It is amazing how much the people around us can influence us! |
Hmm interesting and I believe it can be true but it doesnt have to be, everyone around me still is eating all the same ol stuff that I used to induldge in. And over this past 16 months I have lost over 100 lbs while just watching them and not joining in.