A recent report from that always Fat-Phobic JAMA states that the obese breed obesity around them. The study was published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine and funded by the National Institute on Aging.

Researchers think it’s more than just people with similar eating and exercise habits hanging out together. Instead, it may be that having relatives and friends who become obese changes one’s idea of what is an acceptable weight.

Read the full Article over Here.

Editorial Commentary from OMG: It’s not enough that there is such a stigma in school and work zones, but now they are trying to prevent our friends/family from being near us due to the “fact” that they might “catch” our disease? Full Story »

In response to the overwhelming miscalculations of the CDC and the JAMA, that after a decade of gathering statistics — over 400,000 deaths were from diet and sedentary lifestyle. The revised figure is now 112,000. Not quite as many as first published.

Here is the original findings of the CDC/JAMA published in 2002: Full Story »