Obesity is contagious among friends, study suggests

U.S. obesity rates percentage of obese adults in the course of time: * percentage of overweight children aged 6-11 in the course of time: * percentage of obese young people aged 12-19, over the years: * statistics are rounded was. Source: National Center for health statistics, part of the Centers for disease control and prevention more overweight friends you have, the more likely you are becoming overweight, suggests a new study. This confirms previous research that weight gain can be socially contagious.Research also shows that if nothing changes significantly in the environment and culture in the United States, approximately 42% of adults obese in about 40 years and then flatten the obesity rate.About one-third of Americans are obese — that is, some 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. Those extra pounds increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and many types of Krebs.Nach have some experts suggested that the rate can be leveling off decades of the skyrocketing increase in obesity. "Harvard researchers, in an effort to come up with a best case scenario for the obesity epidemic, but came to 42% projection by applying an infectious disease of mathematical model to data from the Framingham Heart online report results Study.Their in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.""We find that the four obese friends people's chance to doubled the friends obese obese compared to people with no", says Alison Hill, lead author of the study and a Harvard researcher. tells you about the increasing incidence of obesity, people have gotten better to gain weight over the last, but not to lose it.David Rand, a Harvard scientist also worked on the study, says that the more overweight people which you with the more likely you are becoming overweight.Researchers are not sure, why this is true. It be wind, can, if you have many friends with unhealthy eating habits, with similar eating up says edge. of course other lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, says an enormous influence on weight gain, edge, but the lesson of this research is, "It is in your best interest to help, your friends, weight to lose."This latest research confirms a 2007 study by Harvard researchers and others, which showed that a person's obesity significantly the opportunity that also are his or your friends, siblings and spouses difficult can increase, what it suggests that weight gain through social networks spread.Guidelines: You share today community in the United States, how to keep your comments smart please, and civil society. Non-personally access to other readers, and keep your language clean. You make using the "report abuse" button, make a difference. Read more.

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