Newsweek: Are fat friends bad for each other?

Release Date: August 24, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article in Newsweek about the obesity epidemic reports that a study by Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics, and her colleagues found that overweight kids consume significantly more calories when they chow down with friends who are also overweight than when they eat with lean friends.

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