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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:25 PM Original message |
Study: Obesity is Socially Contagious |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bollocks. Wait, I'll be mature: Utter flapdoodle! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Caution! Fatness causes some young blonde stick figures to keep from finger gargling |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. this is the perfect thread to illustrate that DU'ers don't read the whole article & respond |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. This is the perfect post to illustrate that some DU'ers don't understand the issue |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Give it up; lot's of DUers are deliberately ignorant and very happy to be so. (NT) |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Fat friends only or friends that get fat ? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. LMAO! I live in southern California, land of the lean and home of the nutritionally deprived |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I live in the Amish area of Pennsylvania... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 03:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. I think this is absolutely TRUE! Just like "drinking buddies" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Friends also tend to share the same habits |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. And exactly WHO funded these supposed studies? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let's not use it to attack skinny people either. "Skeletons?" |
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Political_Junkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thank you, JP, |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. or attacking blondes |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. I live in one of the fittest towns, anywhere. I agree with the study. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Well, I personally don't believe a word of it. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. It makes sense |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. I doubt one gets fat by hanging out with fat people. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Bingo. The implied causation is likely reversed. -nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. if you read the study, when a close friend gets fat it becomes less stigmatic- |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I don't believe it. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Considering you tend to choose friends who do similar activities.. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We have a winner! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. No, this is a study that happened over many years. And includes friends LOSING weight as well |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. yeah a lot of responses here from people who didn't read the article EOM |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. Or maybe it is really caused by an adenovirus (AD-36?) |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. if you read the study, the infection would have had to be in their youth |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I have spent a lot of time reviewing the study and its supplements |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Thanks for the analysis. I always have trouble believing articles |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. In the 1970s and 1980s, East Germany dosed its female athletes with steroids |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. i remember the "everyone is so skinny!" in japan moment. |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. I bet working longer hours effects weight, too. -nt |
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markk (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. back off fatty I dont want to catch your |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. it's called peer pressure, seems pretty obvious to me |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Its funny how many people defend "fatness" and poor-nutrition. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. no healthy person is being called anorexic |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. In the past you have suggested that many perfectly healthy people on DU have eating disorders. nt |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. What are your stats, skinny? |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. What is your point? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Not enough people take statistics. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Wait a minute... what is your weight and height? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Care to back that up? |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. A bit OT, but that's a poor use of the word "sleek" |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. "I'm loving it"---------- |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. That's news to me |
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