Are Your Friends Making You Fat

January 12, 2010  •  12 Comments  •  Uncategorized

This in from Healthwise mag:

“Humans are social mimics,” according to Duke University professor and with more Americans overweight, scientists are very interested in subconscious sues that influence eating habits.

Here are a few:

1. The influencer is someone svelte who eats a lot and causes you to eat 1.5 times MORE.

2. Women consume 100 fewer calories when with a male date than with a female friend.

3. Optimists are more likely to give into temptation

4. Your husband as married women are twice as likely to be obese

Jim