If most of your friends have weight to lose this could make you more likely to gain weight. This is because scientits believe that we are all born copy cats and subconsciously influenced by those around us.

The research team found in a survey of 27,000 European adults across 29 countries that people decide if they are overweight or not by comparing themselves to those of the same age and sex rather than by body mass index. Half of European women think they are overweight – but if the people around them are obese they are likely to see it as more acceptable or normal, meaning that they are more likely to feel comfortable gaining weight themselves in an obese society.

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