Knows nothing, doubts nothing, almost obese will get fat? Obesity is a global public health problem worldwide there are about 1.5 billion people are overweight, including more than 400 million are obese. A recent U.S. study findings are interesting, your fat is in contrast to the standard established. If your spouse obese, your chances will increase 37% fat, if brothers and sisters, obesity, increased 40 percent, but if your friend obesity, fat chance it will rise by 57%. Although healthy people will have friends, but do not forget to do one thing to get rid of by the influence of friends. -Psytopic.com
If your friends and family get fat, you are likely to gain weight, in a recent study, researchers have found surprising: obesity "social contagion", it is easy to spread from one person to another person.
The large, federally funded study concludes the person you like to live in very far in the case is still valid. Social links (social ties) seem to play a surprisingly strong role, even beyond what we know about gene function.
"We are surprised to find, far beyond Barry's friends on the impact of body weight a person like as a friend living next door." San Diego, University of California, said co-researcher James Fowler.
The study found that if an obese person's friend, then that person the opportunity to rise 57% fat, obese if the brothers and sisters, it increased 40%, if the spouse of obesity, increased by 37%. In the closest friendships, the risk almost tripled.
The researchers believe that just like diet and exercise habits for people to come together. Relatives and friends who become obese changes one acceptable weight standards.
Despite such findings, but researchers still say that people do not cut off their relationships with friends.
"There are a large number of studies have shown that having more friends makes you healthier," Fowler said. "So the last thing you should do is get rid of every friend of you."
The study funded by the National Chemical aging, the results published on Thursday in the "New England Journal of Medicine" magazine.
The researchers analyzed the Framingham Heart Study subjects' medical records.Framingham Heart Study follow-up survey of residents in the Boston suburb of Framingham, the town health of more than half a century. The researchers tested by each test was provided contact information to keep track of their relatives and friends, which lasted for more than 32 years.
A total of 12,067 people, all of Framingham subjects are involved in this study.
Taking into account the natural increase in body weight and other factors, researchers found a huge impact in friends, rather than living in a common gene or between the same family. Geography and smoking had no effect on the obesity.
The researchers calculated that, on average, when a fat person increased by 17 pounds, his friends will be a corresponding increase of 5 pounds.
Gender also has a strong impact. In same-sex friends, if a fat friend, he fat increase the risk of 71%. Between the brothers, the risk increased 44% fat; between the sisters, the risk increased 67% fat.
Indiana University statistician Stan Wasserman said that although the study did a very clever, but it also has limitations because it excluded relationships outside of the Framingham group.
Obesity is a global public health problem worldwide there are about 1.5 billion people are overweight, including more than 400 million are obese. 2 / 3 of Americans are overweight or obese.
Many recent studies have tried to search and loss of appetite and energy expenditure related to obesity genes. Treatment has focused on good eating habits by helping people to curb their weight.
The study found that for the treatment of obesity a worldwide epidemic has opened up a new path. The researchers said that through the support groups may be useful to treat obesity as an alternative to individual therapy only.
"Because people are connected, their health is connected," the study's lead author, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard University sociologist, said.
Did not participate in the study of obesity experts said the findings support the conjecture that they have been: people by observing other people to determine what is acceptable weight.
"If you have only a little fat, and in the people around you are quite fat, when you look in the mirror when you will feel good." Yale University's Prevention Research Center, said Dr. David Katz.
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