Is Obesity Contagious?
Rebel Weight Loss & Lifestyle
Cristy Code Red Nickel
4.3 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to health, you want to be certain.
Our goal is for people to take their health back from years of abuse due to poor eating habits, poor water consumption and sleep deprivation, among other factors.
If we want to achieve that goal, we need people to strongly believe in us. We need people to see that we did the research and put in the work.
We built a culture where people look to empirical data, scholarly articles, scientific studies, and credible sources before making decisions that affect health.
One such article is from The New England Journal of Medicine where they showcase a study, made by N. A. Christakis, and J. H. Fowler, on the spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years.
Results show that people’s chances of becoming obese increase by 57% if s/he has a friend who is obese in a given interval.
Among pairs of adult siblings, there’s a 40% increased chance of one becoming obese if the other is obese.
Furthermore, if one spouse is obese, the other has a 37% increased chance of becoming the same.
One conclusion derived from the study is that obesity appears to spread through social ties.
Did that pique your interest? Is obesity really contagious?
Let’s explore the dynamics of obesity, impacts of social ties to health, and what we can do to combat this phenomenon.
Here is the link to the study that I read on this episode. https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsa066082?articleTools=true
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| 0:00.0 | And I'm already planning on what trail we want to hike and where we want to go and how I plan it out, |
| 0:04.6 | but it's based around good, healthy choices. |
| 0:07.3 | And that's the kind of influence. |
| 0:08.9 | So yes, obesity is contagious, but good health is contagious as well. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm Christy Code Red and you're listening to Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle, where we believe |
| 0:18.7 | food holds the power to heal or poison, and we believe our society |
| 0:22.8 | has been misled regarding proper nutrition and weight loss. You're in the right place if you're |
| 0:27.9 | looking for some straight up truth because I'm here to shed light on the lies and brainwashing |
| 0:32.6 | that has taken place over the past five decades. Thanks so much for listening. |
| 0:45.4 | Welcome back to another episode of Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle. I'm your host, |
| 0:49.6 | Christy Code Red, author, entrepreneur, retired professional boxer, being joined by Carrie Thompson. |
| 0:55.5 | And, you know, we, I say welcome back, but I don't know if you're going to like this podcast too much. |
| 1:01.1 | But, man, we are, we are chomping at the bit to talk about this because I hope. |
| 1:02.9 | I mean, I think it's going to ruffle some feathers. And I kind of hope it does. |
| 1:04.1 | Our last couple of podcasts have ruffled feathers, Christy. |
| 1:08.0 | It has ruffled feathers. |
| 1:09.9 | And I think that's fine. |
| 1:11.1 | I mean, you listen to enough love and peace and happiness. |
| 1:16.7 | You need something different in your life. |
| 1:19.0 | You need something that shakes you up. |
| 1:20.8 | And even though if you don't agree, it made you think. |
| 1:23.5 | And that's better than sitting in front of the TV. |
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