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krissi518

Obesity contagious?

Jul 26, 2007 09:39

Health
Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends
By GINA KOLATA
Published: July 26, 2007Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, researchers report ( Read more... )

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nightxade July 26 2007, 17:43:33 UTC

Yes, yes, yes and yes. Preach it, sister.

megarandom July 26 2007, 18:02:30 UTC

But people want to look for anything that will take the responsibility out of their own grubby mitts. The "research" os probably skewed by the fact that people will do just what the person you mentioned does: Someone else provides the goods so they aren't responsible for their own actions.

It's got to be someone else's fault, whether it's their parents, McDonald's, their endocrine system or their friends who eat around them.

krissi518 July 26 2007, 18:10:08 UTC

Yeah, that mentality just gets really old.

megarandom July 26 2007, 18:23:49 UTC

Verily.

amandainpitt July 27 2007, 16:32:57 UTC

Maybe I'll just start saying "Don't breath on me. Your fat ass is contagious!" when I walk through Walmart. That would be a good time here! I wonder how long it would take for me to get punched? LOL

I've lost 70 pounds WITH an endocrine disorder (and after having 3 kids and 4 pregnancies in 5 years). There are meds and hormones that you can take for that. It has taken me nearly two years to get this off, and I still have 15 pounds to go. But it has stayed off, which is better than most people who decide they are going to drop 25 pounds in 10 weeks and then gain it all back once they come off their crash diet.