Obesity is contagious among friends, study suggests

US obesitypercentage of obese adults in the course of time: * percentage of obese children aged 6-11, in the course of time: * percentage of obese young people aged 12-19, in the course of time: * statistics have rounded was. Source: National Center for health statistics, part of the Centers for disease control and preventionthat you have to be the more likely you are obese, a new study suggests more obese friends. This confirms previous research that weight gain can be socially contagious.The research also shows that if nothing changes in the environment and culture in the United States, about 42% of adults in about 40 years will be obese and then the obesity rate is Weg.Etwa one-third of Americans obese - that is to say, about 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. This extra pounds increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and many types of Krebs.Nach decades of the skyrocketing increase in overweight some experts have suggested that matching the rate off can be. "Harvard researchers, in the effort to come came with a best case scenario for the obesity epidemic, but to the 42% projection by applying an infectious disease of mathematical model to data from the Framingham Heart results online are reported Study.Their in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.""We find that people too obese have doubled the chance when compared to people with no obese friends, four obese friends," says Alison Hill, main author of the study and a Harvard researcher. about the increasing incidence of obesity it says better to gain people's weight, but not to lose it got.David edge, a Harvard researcher who also the study says that more obese people who have you contact with, the more likely you are obese are.Researchers are not sure, why this is the case. It may be that you have submitted many friends with unhealthy eating habits, with similar eating habits, says edge. course other lifestyle factors such as nutrition and physical activity, have an enormous influence on weight gain, edge says, but the lesson of this research is in your best interest to help", Their friends, is to lose weight."This latest research confirms a 2007 study by Harvard researchers and others who showed that a person the chance can increase significantly overweight, his or her friends, siblings and spouses difficult, suggesting that weight gain through social networks spread the.Guidelines: You share in the United States community today, so please keep smart your comments and civil. Access to other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Using the button "report abuse you" to make a difference. Read more.

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