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Mar 12, 2013

5 Weird Things Associated With Getting Fat | #Health via @PopSci

Popular Science...What other nonintuitive things have been associated with weight gain?

Having obese friends.

Traveling too much, or not at all.

Not having dinners together with your family, if you're a kid.

Apparently just moving to America from another country with lower obesity rates.

What does all this mean? Well, there are a lot of things in people's environments that affect how easy it is for them to maintain a healthy weight. Numerous studies show that lifestyle changes and social support can help people maintain significant weight loss, as the Columbia Journalism Review explained in January. Many of those changes have to do with tweaking triggers in your environment.


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