Excess pounds may be contagious

Stupid research is contagious.

Here's some more.

"Obesity may be contagious because most people feel good about themselves if they are about as heavy as the people around them, according to new research from an international team of economists."

BTW, they don't "feel good about themselves."

To wit, all the people on diets.

And what is the fix these morons propose?

"It might be possible to change people's weight-related norms by having them look at images and movies from decades ago -- when people were, on average, 20 pounds lighter, Oswald suggested."

Sitting around and eating popcorn.

Idiots.