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Study Proves Having Fat Friends Makes You Fat

Posted by samzenpus on from the my-shadow-weighs-forty-two-pounds dept.

Xemu writes "Having fat friends makes you fat, researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California says after after examining 12,067 individuals and 38,611 of their relatives and friends. In same-sex friendships, people were 71 per cent more likely to put on weight if a friend of theirs became obese. "It's not that obese or non-obese people simply find other similar people to hang out with. Rather, there is a direct, causal relationship," says Harvard professor Nicholas Christakis."

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  1. Re:Old news by buswolley · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Science does not prove things. Science rejected a null hypothesis, and accepted a alternative hypothesis with a certain statistical margin of error.

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  2. Re:Since the 80's, Big Food Has Been Killing YOU. by PixelScuba · · Score: 0, Redundant

    According to research, drinking is not associated with weight gain.