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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/07/obesity-is-co...

Actually there has been a lot of research showing obesity as a social virus is contagious.




Off topic, but is there any research that connects the also burgeoning science of gut biome/bacteria to this? Maybe a total crazy stretch, but if our gut bacteria can be 'infectious', and if those bacteria have an affect on weight, that'd be crazy.




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