Wanted: Skinny friends
11:37 AM Thu, Jul 26, 2007 | Permalink
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Want to lose weight? Dump your chubby friends and surround yourself with beanpoles. That's my take on a new study reporting that obesity is "socially contagious." The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds that people with fat friends, spouses or family members are more likely to get fat themselves. Headline writers all over the world are having fun with the study's conclusions. Here's a sample: The Belfast Telegraph: The latest diet advice: don't hang around with fat people The Sydney Morning Herald: Your best friend can make you fat: study The Scotsman: Putting on weight? Blame your fat friend So don't fret about exercise. Don't pass up another piece of pizza for a stalk of celery. Just shop for new friends in the petite section of the women's clothing department or at the men's tall and thin store. Of course, if you really do need to lose a few pounds, you might see them running the other way. 
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