Fat Friends Make You Fat
I find this hard to believe as I’ve had many friends who were on the chubbier side.Studies have shown that having fat friends fattens you up.
Obesity seems to be socially contagious - it spreads from person to person within the same social group.A study of 12,000 people whose height and weight were measured repeatedly over 32 years has shown that when one person gained weight those around them(not the family;this is a phenomenon among friends) tended to gain weight, too.
The idea is that you are influenced by your friends’ habits. So if your friend is fat, you don’t care much about your eating habits. It hasn’t been the case with me though…
Do you think your friends can really have that kind of effect on you?


July 26th, 2007 at 1:53 am
Yes, I also read a study from Tony Robbins who said that what 10 closest people around you do and are, so will you be.
He was refering more to financial and social status but I can see the connection to how you treat your body and what are your eating habits.