Study: Obesity is 'socially contagious'

Duh.

Another useless study to prove the obvious.

Here is the gist of the article:

Fat people eat and they eat socially and this reinforces being fat. Fat people do not burn off enough Calories through activity and do not burn off enough Calories socially through activity and this reinforces being fat.

Surprised?

This study was published by the same people who support starvation dieting as the norm.

Surprised?