Is the overweight contagious? Speaking by Scholars

Experts have warned that obesity can spread through communities as a <x0 social address”.

Researchers analyzed hundreds of military families who cannot choose where they live in various U.S. countries.

Their results showed that if these families moved to an area of high obesity, the risk of becoming overweight increased.

For any higher percentage of obesity in various locations, the likelihood that a person would be overweight increases by six percent.