This fascinating study provides support for what other studies have shown: if we want to lose or maintain weight, it’s important to enlist friends, family, and co-workers–at least, the ones we eat around–in the goal of weight loss/maintenance. I’m going to put a more positive spin on this subject than the authors: body weight appears to be mediated powerfully through social networks, and our individual choices and habits to lose or maintain weight can help others with theirs! Read on:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/04/28/135772461/do-our-friends-make-us-fatter