Naut's Tidbits & Snippets: Obesity is contagious...

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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Obesity is contagious...

According to a new study from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego, sociologists followed about 12,000 people for more than 30 years and found that a person's chance for becoming obese was greatly increased if a close friend, spouse or sibling gained weight. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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