לא קשור ישירות לנושא שהעלת אבל באותו תחום. בגליון אוקטובר של הירחון WIRED הופיע מאמר שעסק בין היתר בשאלה אם השמנה היא מחלה חברתית. והתשובה המפתיעה היא כן:
Christakis and Fowler made a remarkable discovery: Obesity spread like a virus. Weight gain had a stunning infection rate. If one person became obese, the likelihood that his friend would follow suit increased by 171 percent. (This means that the network is far more predictive of obesity than the presence of genes associated with the condition.) By the time the animation is finished, the screen is full of swollen yellow beads, like blobs of fat on the surface of chicken soup
The data exposed not only the contagious nature of obesity but the power of social networks to influence individual behavior. This effect extends over great distances—a fact revealed by tracking original subjects who moved away from Framingham. "Your friends who live far away have just as big an impact on your behavior as friends who live next door," Fowler says. "Think about it this way: Even if you see a friend only once a year, that friend will still change your sense of what's appropriate. And that new norm will influence what you do." An obese sibling hundreds of miles away can cause us to eat more. The individual is a romantic myth; indeed, no man is an island
בקיצור, אם אתם רוצים לרזות אז תתחברו רק עם אנשים רזים. למי שמעונין לקרוא את כל המאמר נא ללחוץ כאן.
הוספת תגובה על "האם אנחנו באמת הולכים ומשמינים?"
נא להתחבר כדי להגיב.
התחברות או הרשמה