"The topic was a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It
documented weight trends in a social network originating in Framingham, Mass.
What the study illustrated, according to its authors, was 'psychosocial mechanisms of the spread of obesity' through 'a change in [one's] perception of the social norms regarding the acceptability of obesity.' As your friends get fat, you start to think their degree of fatness is OK for you, too. That's the important point. Now let's talk about what it means—and doesn't."
I think what this means is that maybe you could take some self motivation and by getting in better shape yourself, you could help motivate your friends to do the same. Secondly if you are having a hard time finding the motivation to do that, think about spending more time with people who are active.
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