Obesity is contagious

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The  New England Journal of Medicine reports that people are most likely to become obese when a friend becomes obese. That increases a person’s chances of becoming obese by 57 percent.

I’m glad to read this. I thought it was the Coronas and buffalo wings I was consuming.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”