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pitohui

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Thu Jul-26-07 12:50 PM
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25. if you read the study, the infection would have had to be in their youth

even if your best friend lived many thousands of miles away, if she gained weight over the years, you were more likely to as well -- so they don't think it's a virus, more a meme if you will

my feeling is that it is peer pressure, if someone you love and respect of the same gender is okay with being heavy, it's easier to let yourself go a little over your own weight

in the few cases in the study where the best friends were a man and a woman, the man's weight gain did not affect whether or not the woman also gained weight

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