Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks | Video on TED.com

"If your friends are obese, your risk of obesity is 40% higher."

A perfect reason why reading Calorie Rebel every day could help you lose weight: Nicholas Christakis' findings on this TED video show that the more fat friends you have, the more likely you are to be fat.
Conversely, the more healthily-eating friends (is that a word?) you have, the more likely you are to eat healthy = the better chance you'll lose weight and/or keep it off.
That's where I come in.
We live in a society of caloric superabundance. There's way more delicious calories out there to eat than your body needs. It's not easy to sidestep all those delicious calories, but ya gotta do it.

So make friends with Calorie Rebels. Just by hanging around with them, the ## may start to slide.
Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks | Video on TED.com

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