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August 3rd, 2007

Study Calling Obesity “Socially Contagious” Criticized

A hilarious ad in my morning New York Times headlines e-mail made me laugh out loud even though I’m in a bit of an early-morning stupor at the moment. I don’t want to reproduce it here because of copyright issues, but here’s the setup: two hippos standing shoulder deep in water, with just their faces […]

By Kristen King -- 5 comments

July 26th, 2007

More Obesity News: Obesity Spreads Through Social Networks

New findings released by the NIH and published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine characterize obesity as being “socially contagious.” Translation: The more fat friends you have, the more likely you are to become fat. The same is true for slim pals.
At first I thought, “Well, people tend to gather […]

By Kristen King -- 4 comments