IS IT POSSIBLE TO CATCH OBESITY LIKE A COLD?

It turns out that people who have close friends who are overweight have more than a 171% chance of becoming overweight themselves. The idea goes that we are influenced by our friends and, without being conscious of what we’re doing we fall into the same overeating traps. You don’t even have to be close to your friends to “catch” obesity; even talking on the phone with obese friends can have an adverse influence on our weight. On the flip side, if we hang around with thin people we can also lose weight.