Gaining Weight Is Socially Contagious — So Is Losing It

Published September 16, 2015 | By tony w

If your best friend gains weight, your odds of piling on the pounds triples, even if her kitchen is hundreds of miles away. Researchers have discovered that far-flung friends have just as much impact on our weight as our next door neighbor.The Framington Heart Study, a mega-study, which followed almost 13,000 people over half a century is a…