(www.neomundo.com.ar)-_El_buen_ejemplo_se_contagia.) When a person manages to lose several pounds more, individuals close to her they are more likely to recover his own figure.
An investigation conducted by the Miami Hospital and Brown University ( United States) found that members of a team who intend to lose weight get similar results, and also each person attached to his own accomplishment working together.
″A all influence us individuals around us, so if we can take advantage of this influence positive social pressure it is possible to create an environment that helps people to control the peso″, says the psychiatrist Tricia Leahey, who led the study published in the journal Obesity.
Leahey explains is known in advance that ″la obesity may be socially contagiosa″ and find out if the same applies to weight loss have been proposed. The specialist worked with the information of 3.330 people with overweight or obesity who took part in a competition. Individuals formed groups of 5 to 11 Member competing with other teams to see who could lose more weight.
Leahey noted that the results obtained by each person relied very heavily team to which he belonged, i.e. that volunteers who have lost lot of weight used to belong to the same group. In addition, teams with more members tended to obtain best results.
″Estar surrounded by people with the same goals, working together to achieve the same, can really help the people who want to lose weight. This suggests that the members of a team influence each other, perhaps to hold accountable one other, share expectations of results and give support and motivación″, Leahey said.
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