Research Supports Theory That Obesity May Be Contagious.

reports that “a new study involving thousands of military families suggests that” obesity may indeed be “a contagious disease.” The findings, published online in JAMA Pediatrics, offer “the first quasi-experimental evidence to support the theory that obesity spreads through social contagion.” http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-obesity-contagious-army-20180123-story.html