Every time we look at the news we hear about how portly we are as a society. Fatness is an pandemic. Its a disease.
You know what else is infectious? Obesity. Its true. Overweight and obesity are infectious. Wild, right? When you’re around individuals with a cold or the flu, your chances are higher for getting that same cold or flu. Well, same goes with fat and obesity!

The same is likely if you hang out with pudgy or obese folks, especially if you yourself aren’t the biggest wellness buff. See…being fat is simple, staying fit seems harder. I’m not saying by simply shaking someones hand you’re going to instantaneously inherit their body; however, if you spend an significant amount of time with people who live an unhealthy lifestyle, its destined to rub off. Here is some persuasive evidence.

In one famous case study, The Framingham Heart Study, twelve thousand participants each provided a list of immediate family members and one extremely close friend. Weight patterns of all players and their listed peers were then inspected and out popped some very interesting findings.

There was a 40% incrased risk a sibling would become obese if one of the players fattened up.

And for the partner, there was a 37% increased risk.

When your friend becomes overweight, you have a 57% risk yourself!

And if your friend was of the same gender, that jumped to 71%!

Imagine a few girls hanging out, drinking beer or wine (or whatever it is women drink), snacking on chips and just having a gold old time. Imagine this happens at least once a week like Friday or Saturday. Now it might seem a little clearer why it is that most pants may no longer fit as loosely as they used to. Same thing happens with guys hanging out. That’s where the infamous beer gut starts from. Guys, for some reason, are more apt to accepting this fat. American women, not so much.

Some Other peculiar finding is that proximity didn’t have any bearing on these people and their weight changes. It all had to do with association. You could live in New York and have a best friend in Hawaii and that would not break the pattern at all if you just maintained your ties with that person.

The good news is you can do something to prevent catching this highly transmissible disease called obesity.

1. Get active. If your friends and family want to have some fun with you and you have to be together through thick and thin then go for the thin. Go walking, biking, hiking, roller skating, whatever. Just get active.

2. Initiate change. Don’t follow the crowd. Make healthier food suggestions when you guys all go out together.

3. Find new friends join a local running group if you run, a biking group if you cycle, or maybe a local outdoor club. Its a great way to meet new, like minded, active friends!

A great way to turn this around is to get you and your friends together and start attending focused support groups. So be a leader and get your friends together and start making this New Year a positive one!

By: Travis Garza

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