Eating Styles Rub Off on Family and Friends
September 30, 2011
They say husbands and wives begin to look like each other over time. That might not be true, unless the couple has a penchant for matching polo shirts, but a study suggests they do begin to eat like each other as the years pass.
Previous research has tracked the spread of obesity in social networks. The authors of the new study wanted to see how much food and drink choices rubbed off on friends and family.
The researchers analyzed the socioeconomic and demographic distribution of eating of 3,418 people. Between 1991 and 2001, the participants had completed two or three questionnaires about what they'd eaten the previous week. They looked at associations among spouses, close friends, and siblings.
"The people we consider meaningful in our lives tend to share a lot of the eating behaviors that we do," researcher Mark Pachucki, PhD, tells WebMD. The good news, he says, is that "we can use those people to help us make better choices."

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