研究：肥胖会在亲戚朋友间互相传染

　　Obesity is contagious - with people who have a higher number of fatfriends or relatives at greater risk of becoming obese themselves, newresearch warns。

　　肥胖也可以传染——研究发现，拥有大量胖友或胖亲的人更有可能发胖。

　　Researchers have found a number of ways that fat people couldinfluence their pals' girth. It can be subliminal - where havingoverweight pals can make people see their weight as "normal" and eataccordingly until they're the same size。

　　研究人员已经发现了胖人们影响朋友腰围的种种途径。有些途径是潜移默化的——胖友们会让人们觉得自己的体重还算正常，吃了又吃直到和胖友们的身材一样。

　　It can also be more direct, with obese people putting pressure ontheir slimmer friends to eat more and exercise less until they "achievethe same body size". And even being around larger pals can put you atrisk of gaining weight yourself, as socializing with them is likely torevolve more around eating or watching TV and less about exercising。

　　有些途径更为直接，胖子们会给苗条的朋友施加压力，让他们多吃少动直到他们“和自己一样重”。甚至仅仅呆在胖友身边也会让人发胖，因为和他们打交道的时候往往围绕吃饭、看电视之类的活动，运动则少之又少。

　　Researchers from Arizona State University's School of HumanEvolution and Social Change in the US, interviewed 101 women alongside812 of their closest friends and relatives. By looking at the Body MassIndex of the women and their friends and relatives, they discovered thatthe fatter a woman's social circle, the more likely she was to be obeseherself。

　　美国亚利桑那州立大学人类进化与社会变化学院的研究人员访问了101位女性，以及她们的812位好友和亲朋。通过研究他们的体重指数，研究人员发现女性的社交圈内胖友越多，么该女性变胖的可能性就越大。

　　This was because "we learn about acceptable body size from familyand friends" according to researchers, with friendships based on eatingand engaging in little physical activity more likely to end in obesity。

　　研究人员表示原因在于“我们通过家庭和朋友来确定什么样的身材可以接受”，而朋友多吃少动，(我们也)更容易发福。

　　Despite the results researchers found that most women viewed beingfat as a source of shame. Asked whether they would rather be fat or havea range of socially stigmatized conditions, a quarter of women saidthey'd rather suffer from severe depression than be fat, while more thanone in 10 said they'd rather be totally blind than obese。

　　尽管如此，研究人员发现大部分女性仍视肥胖为耻辱。当被问及宁愿变胖还是宁愿拥有其他不利于社交的污点时，1/4的女性称自己宁愿深陷抑郁也不要肥胖，而超过1成者称自己宁愿变成瞎子也不要成为胖子。