KBEAR: Billings' Greatest Hits » Genes http://kbear.com Billings' Greatest Hits Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 'Obesity May Run in the Family,' Say Researchers — Health Check http://kbear.com/obesity-family-eating-habits-health-check/ http://kbear.com/obesity-family-eating-habits-health-check/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:00:09 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=66465 Is obesity contagious? A study back in 2007 seemed to indicate that, saying we get it from our friends. To back that up, researchers highlighted data showing members of social groups were likely to have similar rates of obesity. New research, however, seems to be changing all this by finding that social interactions may have little impact on body weight.

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