Is Obesity Contagious?

In view of the hundreds of reports in the media suggesting that fat friends make you fat, or that obesity is somehow contagious, there's less to the New England Journal of Medicine study that led to these news reports than you might think. It's enough to make one wonder which is more contagious - obesity, or the credulousness of medical commentators. Read DrRich's analysis of whether you will get fat from having fat friends, here.