I suspect that the effect is not absolute -- just one factor among many. FWIW I gained quite a bit of weight when I had a roommate who was ovrweigh. Of course, her cooking came into that also.
On 7/27/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hm... I would think that there would be a lot of other factors at > play. My best friend is overweight. But, she's not into doing > triathlons, either. So, I don't think her weight affects me because > I'm independent enough to do my own thing. I think I'd be much more > likely to be influenced by my husband, since we share at least one > meal together every day. I also think stage of life would have a lot > of influence. In college, I was much more apt to spend tons of time > hanging out with friends. Now, between work and family and general > busy-ness, I'm lucky to actually see my best friend once a week or > every other week. > > On 7/26/07, Robert Munn wrote: > > Very interesting study about weight gain and loss and how your family and > > friends influence your behavior: > > > > http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20070725-1426-bn25weight.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
