Obesity doesn’t just “happen” to individuals… it spreads like an infectious disease.
🧵 Let me explain…
🧵 Let me explain…
A landmark NEJM study tracked 12,000+ people for 32 years. The shocking finding? If your friend became obese, your risk of becoming obese rose by 57%
This effect wasn’t limited to family. It held true for spouses, siblings, and friends… proving that social networks spread obesity.
Why? Because we don’t eat in isolation.
Shared meals 🍽️
Holidays & celebrations 🎉
Shared tastes in food and drinks 🥤🍕
Normalized habits around addictive food 🍟
Shared meals 🍽️
Holidays & celebrations 🎉
Shared tastes in food and drinks 🥤🍕
Normalized habits around addictive food 🍟
Obesity spreads like a contagion through shared environments and behaviors, just like germs spread in close quarters… but over a longer duration
The flip side? Health also spreads.
When one person loses weight, their friends and family often follow.
New eating patterns… new norms… new expectations ripple outward.
When one person loses weight, their friends and family often follow.
New eating patterns… new norms… new expectations ripple outward.
Reversing obesity takes group effort, but the spark must start with you
👉 Change your habits and you don’t just heal yourself… you shift the health of your entire social circle.
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