Interesting Fact # 597 - Obesity

Obesity is "contagious".

(US researchers say that people who put on weight lead those around them to think it is OK to be bigger. data on more than 12,000 people suggested the risk was increased by 57% if a friend was obese, by 40% if a sibling was and 37% if a spouse was. Time to get hubby on a diet.)

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