Your Friends Are Making You Fat!

As a social scientist, I love this stuff: heard a report on NPR this a.m. about a fascinating new study suggests that social networks are a major influence in obesity (only your spouse is a bigger factor than your friends). But the good news is that the opposite is also true - when your friends lose weight, you do too.

Morning Edition
July 26, 2007
Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
by Allison Aubrey

· A new study suggests that your best friend's weight may be very influential in determining whether you'll gain or lose weight over the years. The research documents the spread of obesity from person to person in a study of more than 12,000 people.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12237644