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Release Date: September 3, 2009 This content is archived.
An article in Time magazine that reports on UB research about the social factors that influence overeating in children quotes Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics and principal scientist on the study, who said that obesity can be contagious—that overweight children will tend to eat more when with overweight friends.
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