‘Acomplia’ - Fat friends and family But no risk of obesity

Obesity is catching, a new study has found. If your friends are fat, your chances of being fat increase by 57 per cent.

Researchers studied a network of 12,067 friends and relatives between 1971 and 2003, monitoring their weight over the 32-year period.

They found that weight gain in one person apparently influenced weight gain in their close friends or partners. But same-sex friends and siblings had a greater influence than did partners of the opposite sex.

Obesity, they say, is "socially contagious" and, remarkably, the researchers found that to be true even if your loved ones live far away. Social ties seem to play a surprisingly strong role, even more than genes are known to do.

The study found a person’s chances of becoming obese went up 57 per cent if a friend was obese, 40 per cent if a sibling was and 37 per cent if a spouse was. In the closest friendships, the risk almost tripled.

On average, the researchers calculated when an obese person gained 17 pounds (7.7 kilograms), the corresponding friend put on an extra 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms).

Gender also had a strong influence. In same-sex friendships, a person’s obesity risk increased by 71 per cent if a friend gained weight. Between brothers, the risk was up by 44 per cent and 67 per cent between sisters.

The scientists think it is more than just people with similar eating and exercise habits hanging out together. Instead, it may be that having relatives and friends who become obese changes one's idea of what is an acceptable weight.

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