Research by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2007 reveals that social environments function as an 'operating system' that unconsciously recalibrates our sense of normal, meaning that when a close friend becomes obese, our likelihood of becoming obese increases by 57%, demonstrating that the people we spend time with actively program our behaviors rather than merely influencing them.
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Chris number five, the people you spend time with aren't influencing you. No, no, no. They are programming you.
According to research of Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, published in the New England Journal of Medicine back in 2007, if a close friend becomes obese, your likelihood to become obese goes up by 57%.
It's not because they're out there convincing you to eat more. No, but because their behavior unconsciously recalibrates your sense of normal. Your environment isn't backdrop, it's really an operating system.
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